Vocus gets to work on route for Sydney-Melbourne fibre
Key points Vocus has appointed UGL as development partner to begin detailed route planning for its $500 million Sydney-Melbourne ducted fibre link. The project, marketed…
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AI Without Governance Is Just Expensive Risk
As businesses race to deploy AI in pursuit of productivity, efficiency and competitive advantage, they are often overlooking the single most important factor that will…
Allianz tech ‘transformation’ exposed as offshoring drive
Key points Allianz Technology’s Speed2Value initiative, publicly framed as a transformation for innovation and operational excellence, is actually an offshoring and cost-out drive, an unfair…
ASD warns of Australian attacks on N-able N-central RMM
Key points The Australian Cyber Security Centre has observed attackers targeting vulnerabilities in N-able N-central, putting MSPs and client networks at risk. N-able disclosed a…
Researchers chain Tesla charger bug into a four-vendor EV worm
Two German security researchers managed to create an autonomous exploit chain that starts with a single plug-in at a Tesla Universal Wall Connector, and which…
US warns Siemens PLC devices can be hacked
Key points Several US government agencies have warned that unidentified hackers are trying to breach Siemens devices used to monitor and operate water facilities and…
Wesfarmers Health moving up to SAP S/4HANA
Key points Wesfarmers Health has started a major SAP upgrade, moving from SAP ECC ERP to SAP S/4HANA on RISE, to unify the technology platform…
Anthropic plans to change enterprise data retention policy
Key points Anthropic plans to give enterprise customers greater control over their data, shifting its data retention policy for the Claude chatbot maker. Business customers…
How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
Key points A student who spotted a supply-chain hack on GitHub later learned he had been arguing with a rogue AI agent, not a human…
Fed gov pays to access at least six AI suites
Key points A Senate estimates question from Senator Jane Hume has produced the first real census of AI subscriptions across federal government, with 67 entities…
Minister to launch smart device security labelling pilot at Connecting Technology Summit
The conversation around securing connected devices in Australia is entering its next phase and smart product vendors and manufacturers are preparing to put their products…
Superloop turning AI savings into security and compliance boost
Superloop has revealed that it has started diverting cost savings generated by its investments in AI-based customer service into other areas of its technology budget.…