Dell moves on Apache Struts 2 vulnerability – Security
Dell has begun working to patch a late-2023 critical vulnerability in Apache Struts 2, which has been inherited by a number of its Avamar and…
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Optus, Ericsson join forces on energy savings – Telco/ISP
Optus expects to save as much as 26 percent of the energy consumed by its radio access network, after deploying a range of energy efficiency…
Michelle McGuinness appointed national cyber security coordinator – Training & Development – Security
Military intelligence veteran Michelle McGuinness has been appointed national cyber security coordinator by the Department of Home Affairs. Home Affairs’ national cyber security coordinator Michelle…
Aussie Broadband makes a play for Superloop – Telco/ISP
Aussie Broadband has made a conditional play for fellow retail service provider Superloop, buying 19.9 percent of shares in the provider and putting a total…
Victoria University hunts for new CISO – Security
Victoria University is on the hunt for a new chief information security officer following an initiative to converge its campus digital and infrastructure functions. Its…
Data breach costs slowly abating for Medibank – Strategy – Security
Medibank has predicted a full-year 2024 cost of between $30 million and $35 million arising from the ongoing response to its 2022 data breach, as…
WA Police opens command centre in Telstra exchange – Networking – Telco/ISP
WA Police Force is now operating a central command centre out of Telstra’s Wellington Street exchange tower in Perth. In what is being touted as…
NT Police announces completion of long-running upgrade – Strategy – Software
The Northern Territory’s long-running SerPro case management system rollout is complete, with the government announcing it is now in use by police across the territory.…
Google to pause Gemini AI model’s image generation of people – Software
Google is pausing its AI tool that creates images of people following inaccuracies in some historical depictions generated by the model, the latest hiccup in…
ADHA makes John Borchi its permanent CTO – Strategy – Training & Development
The Australian Digital Health Agency (AHDA) is recruiting a new chief information security officer (CISO) following John Borchi promotion to chief technology officer. Borchi had…
Gov back in data breach ‘top five’ after near three-year absence – Security
An uptick in data breaches caused by human error places government agencies back in the ‘top five’ sectors by breach numbers for the first time…
ConnectWise patches critical ScreenConnect vulnerability – Security
ConnectWise has disclosed two vulnerabilities, one critical, in its ScreenConnect remote desktop application. The critical bug, CVE-2024-1709, was described by security company Horizon3 in an…