Category: ITnews

Transurban apologises after ACT drivers wrongly billed for Sydney tolls
13
Aug
2025

Transurban apologises after ACT drivers wrongly billed for Sydney tolls

Transurban has apologised after several ACT drivers reported they had been mistakenly charged for trips on Sydney’s toll roads. The…

Australian court rules partly against Apple, Google in Epic Games lawsuit
12
Aug
2025

Australian court rules partly against Apple, Google in Epic Games lawsuit

An Australian court found the smartphone app stores of Apple and Google-owned Android were uncompetitive, local media reported, in a…

NBN Co weaves AI and automation into its operational
12
Aug
2025

NBN Co weaves AI and automation into its operational “fabric”

NBN Co is embedding AI and automation “into the fabric of [its] operations”, with tools already live for design, support…

"Shade BIOS" stealth malware hides below operating system
12
Aug
2025

“Shade BIOS” stealth malware hides below operating system

Attackers can create persistent malware that hides below a computer’s operating system, making it effectively invisible to endpoint detection and…

Researchers poke further holes in TETRA encrypted wireless comms
12
Aug
2025

Researchers poke further holes in TETRA encrypted wireless comms

Dutch security researchers have disclosed a fresh batch of critical vulnerabilities in TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) networks, including flaws that…

12
Aug
2025

Researchers poke further holes in TETRA encrypted wireless comms

Dutch security researchers have disclosed a fresh batch of critical vulnerabilities in TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) networks, including flaws that…

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke to step down
12
Aug
2025

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke to step down

GitHub chief executive Thomas Dohmke said he will leave the Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform to launch a new startup, capping a…

Trump opens door to sales of version of Nvidia's next-gen AI chips in China
12
Aug
2025

Trump opens door to sales of version of Nvidia’s next-gen AI chips in China

US President Donald Trump has suggested he might allow Nvidia to sell a scaled-down version of its next-generation advanced GPU…

Serious path traversal bug found in Microsoft's NLWeb
12
Aug
2025

Serious path traversal bug found in Microsoft’s NLWeb “Agentic Web” tool

Microsoft’s open source NLWeb framework for delivering AI-driven agentic web applications shipped with an easy to exploit path traversal vulnerability…

ATO trials multimodal AI models for auditing work-related expenses
11
Aug
2025

ATO trials multimodal AI models for auditing work-related expenses

The Australian Taxation Office is actively trialling large multimodal AI models to help audit taxpayer-submitted documents as part of a…

University of Western Australia resets all staff and student passwords
11
Aug
2025

University of Western Australia resets all staff and student passwords

The University of Western Australia is forcing a password reset for all staff and students after the apparent breach of…

Australian businesses leverage 5G to unlock their full potential
11
Aug
2025

Australian businesses leverage 5G to unlock their full potential

Misconceptions around the cost of deploying and maintaining 5G Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) are stopping Australian businesses from embracing…