Digital ID bill passes parliament – Security
Enabling legislation for the government’s Digital ID has passed both houses of parliament and will come into effect in November. Passage of the bill came…
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CSIRO seeks new CISO – Security
CSIRO is on the hunt for a standalone chief information security officer, after two years of security coming under the remit of the CIO. The…
US charges two brothers with novel Ethereum heist – Finance – Security
Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were arrested on US charges that they carried out a cutting-edge scheme to exploit the…
Cisco rises as networking equipment demand rebound takes root – Networking
Cisco Systems shares rose about four percent before the bell after an upbeat fourth-quarter forecast signalled further stabilisation in networking equipment demand and benefits from…
NBN Co starts talking about 2Gbps plans – Telco/ISP
NBN Co will fast-track industry discussions about multi-gigabit services, proposing three new 2Gbps products for home and business users in the fibre and HFC footprints.…
CSIRO seeks new CISO after two-year vacancy – Security
CSIRO is on the hunt for a chief information security officer to fill a role vacated over two years ago. The scientific agency has begun…
MediSecure hit by cyber security breach – Security
Electronic prescription provider MediSecure has revealed that “personal and health information of individuals” may have been caught up in a cyber security breach. The Australian…
CBA is building digital twins of its money management in the app – Finance – Software
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is building digital twins on Confluent’s event-streaming platform to analyse its Customer Engagement Engine (CEE) and make improvement fixes to…
Amazon’s cloud unit chief to step down – Cloud
The chief of Amazon Web Services will step down next month after a three-year term, the company said. Adam Selipsky, 57, who is also a…
North Korea laundered US$147.5 million in stolen crypto in March – Security
North Korea laundered US$147.5 million ($220.4 million) through virtual currency platform Tornado Cash in March after stealing it last year from a cryptocurrency exchange, according…
ANSTO readies for SAP cloud migration – Software
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation is looking to migrate to SAP “sovereign cloud” as part of a wider enterprise resource planning upgrade. The…
Federal gov reports 14 ransomware attacks last year – Security
Federal government departments and agencies recorded 14 encounters with ransomware last year and a further three in 2022, according to a spreadsheet [pdf released under…