Category: ITnews

US disrupts hacking campaign targeting critical infrastructure
01
Feb
2024

US disrupts hacking campaign targeting critical infrastructure – Security

US officials said they disrupted a sweeping Chinese cyber-spying operation that targeted critical American infrastructure entities and could be used…

Gov agencies need to have a CISO
31
Jan
2024

Home Affairs elevates CIO to group manager – Training & Development

Home Affairs’ long-time CIO Radi Kovacevic has been elevated to lead the technology and major capability group on an acting…

Seek stands up a security data lake
31
Jan
2024

Seek stands up a security data lake – Cloud – Security

Seek has stood up a cloud-based security data lake, initially to improve its incident response but with a view to…

Siemens, Ericsson warn against EU cyber security rules
31
Jan
2024

Qld councils criticised for unresolved vulnerabilities – Security

Two-thirds of Queensland’s 77 councils have weaknesses in the security of their information systems. A review [pdf] of the sectors’…

ACSC presses enterprises to patch Jenkins
31
Jan
2024

ACSC presses enterprises to patch Jenkins – Security – Software

The Australian Cyber Security Centre is warning Australian enterprises to immediately patch vulnerabilities in the Jenkins continuous integration/continuous deployment software…

Tower could be cantilevered over Telstra exchange
31
Jan
2024

Tower could be cantilevered over Telstra exchange – Telco/ISP

The site of Telstra’s St Leonards exchange on Sydney’s lower north shore could be re-zoned to allow a $200 million-plus…

German police seizes US$2.17 billion in bitcoin
31
Jan
2024

German police seizes US$2.17 billion in bitcoin – Finance

German police have confiscated 50,000 bitcoin worth US$2.17 billion ($3.28 billion) in the country’s ‘most extensive’ cryptocurrency seizure ever, it…

Singtel says not considering divesting Optus units
31
Jan
2024

Singtel says not considering divesting Optus units – Telco/ISP

Singtel said it was not looking to divest from its Optus unit, Australia’s second-largest wireless operator, refuting a report from…

Cyber strategy has cost Home Affairs $2.8 million so far
30
Jan
2024

AI drives “digital divide” in Australia’s universities – Strategy

Australia needs to find affordable ways to make generative AI models available to university students, a house of representatives committee…

ACCC backs emergency mobile roaming
30
Jan
2024

Gov hopes for multi-carrier highway boost – Telco/ISP

The government will put $50 million from its ‘better connectivity plan’ into improving mobile coverage on roads and highways. The…

GitLab patches another critical vulnerability
30
Jan
2024

GitLab patches another critical vulnerability – Security

Popular source code management platform GitLab was patched on Friday, Australian time, against five vulnerabilities, including one with a critical…

TAL Australia in program to source future IAM talent
30
Jan
2024

TAL Australia in program to source future IAM talent – Finance – Training & Development – Security

Life insurer TAL Australia said its participation in a “cyber associates program” has given it immediate value, as well as…