ACCC to consider mandatory domestic mobile roaming
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission may soon force mobile network operators to share each other’s infrastructure, particularly in regional areas. As part of a…
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Anthropic’s Mythos 5 targeted real developers in UK cyber test
The United Kingdom’s AI Security Institute (AISI) is the latest organisation to encounter unsafe behaviour by large language model agents, with Anthropic’s restricted Mythos 5…
AI data centre race builds US$1 trillion lease burden for Big Tech
Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Oracle, Amazon and Alphabet have committed about US$1.09 trillion ($1.55 trillion) in future payments under leases that have not yet begun, mostly…
Purpose-built IaaS presents new revenue opportunities for service providers
For decades, tool sprawl, complexity and excessive costs have held back MSPs. However, a unified IaaS solution purpose-built for MSPs aims to overcome these challenges…
Why traditional cyber risk assessment in cybersecurity is broken
Most cyber risk heatmaps look tidy. Luke Irwin argues that is part of the problem. Luke Irwin, Aegis Cybersecurity In the first of a two-part…
Westpac plugs five AWS AI agents into core lending processes
Westpac is using a series of AI agents built on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to process payslips provided by customers when applying for a home loan…
Russia-linked “Midnight Blizzard” group hijacks hotel wi-fi with CaptiveCrunch
Microsoft Threat Intelligence is alerting on a campaign hijacking hotel and conference centre wi-fi networks worldwide, with Russia-linked intelligence services aiming to steal guests’ credentials and…
Home Affairs’ VMware arrangements top $60m
Home Affairs has consolidated its VMware subscriptions into a single three-year, $61 million deal, representing an increased cost although it’s unclear by just how much.…
Visa snaps up BioCatch – iTnews
Visa will buy fraud intelligence provider BioCatch for US$2.4 billion ($3.4 billion) in cash, marking the card giant’s latest effort to beef up its cyber…
Journey Beyond finds safer path to customer AI with agentic agents
The Australian experiential tourism operator Journey Beyond is using agentic AI to mitigate the governance risks of customer-facing AI after finding conversational AI chatbots could…
Gov defends social media ban after study shows most teens still online
Australia’s government has mounted a defence of its world-first ban on social media for children under 16, even as fresh data revealed the scale of…
Arch Linux halts package adoptions after malware hijacking wave
Distribution Arch Linux has disabled package adoptions on the Arch User Repository (AUR) after attackers used the feature to push large amounts of malicious code…