Southeast Asia eyes hands-off AI rules – Software
Southeast Asian countries are taking a business-friendly approach to artificial intelligence regulation in a setback to the European Union’s push for globally harmonised rules that…
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Microsoft identifies “Oro0lxy” as Confluence attacker – Security
A bug in Atlassian’s Confluence data centre and server software is under attack, allegedly from threat actors in China. Atlassian disclosed the zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-22515,…
Apple Pay, Google Wallet face RBA regulation – Finance – Software
The federal government has released an exposure draft of legislation that would give the RBA the power to regulate digital wallets and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) providers.…
Telstra acquires Versent for $267.5 million – Cloud
Telstra is adding AWS services capabilities to its Telstra Purple business, via the $267.5 million acquisition of Melbourne-based Versent. The carrier first confirmed its interest…
HTTP2 zero-day enabled record-setting DDoS attacks – Security – iTnews
Web server vendors have been busy responding to an HTTP2 protocol vulnerability which Google said has enabled high-capacity DDoS attacks it has observed since August…
Rapid Reset among Microsoft’s 105 patches for October – Security
Microsoft’s regular patch day yields a bumper crop of 105 vulnerabilities, but mercifully few rating a critical CVSS score. Already exploited vulnerabilities include the recent…
Gov to treat mobile service like water and power in new estates – Telco/ISP
The government is considering changes that would require new housing developments to have mobile connectivity in place before sales begin, just like any other utility…
AGL appoints new CIO – Strategy – Training & Development
AGL has appointed Andrew Haddad as its new chief information officer, commencing this week. AGL’s new CIO, Andrew Haddad Chief executive Damien Nicks wrote in…
Spanish airline Air Europa hit by credit card system breach – Security
Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyber attack on its online payment system that let some of its customers’ credit card details exposed, the…
Apple updates iPhone 12 software to address France’s radiation testing – Software
Apple said it planned to comply with France’s radiation testing requirements by rolling out an update that will stop the iPhone 12 from using more…
EU sees ‘convergence’ with Japan on AI – Software
The European Union sees “convergence” with Japan on thinking about generative artificial intelligence (AI), a senior official said. “I see a lot of convergence in…
Westpac is upgrading over 40,000 staff machines to Windows 11 – Hardware – Software
Westpac is upgrading 4000 corporate devices a week to Windows 11 Enterprise, setting Edge as its default browser and Bing as its “primary search engine”…