NBN price rises could hit at Christmas – Telco/ISP
Long-mooted price rises for NBN services could come into effect over Christmas, if NBN Co manages to produce a long-term plan that is capable of…
Category: ITnews
Microsoft discloses three critical RCEs – Security
Microsoft’s monthly crop of patches includes three bugs in its message queuing service which are rated as critical, and which enable remote code execution (RCE).…
Vocus locks into government interest in Starlink – Telco/ISP
Vocus says that all three levels of government in Australia are embracing low earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based internet services “for a variety of use cases”.…
Most VPNs can be tricked into leaking traffic – Security
Nearly 70 VPN clients and servers are vulnerable to a long-standing attack that can cause them to leak user traffic, university researchers have claimed. The…
Suncorp elevates CIO to lead ‘tech and ops’ – Finance – Strategy – Cloud
Suncorp has unveiled a reorganisation that will see its chief information officer Adam Bennett elevated to lead a newly-created ‘technology and operations’ portfolio. The insurance…
CBA’s IT services expenses track back over $2bn mark – Finance – Strategy – Cloud – Software
The Commonwealth Bank’s IT services expenses went back over $2 billion over the past year as cloud use and software costs increased, and the bank…
Virgin Australia expands visibility – Networking – Software
Virgin Australia has expanded visibility across its stack, reducing time spent finding and resolving incidents and giving developers more time to work on new projects.…
MOVEit hack spawned over 600 breaches – Security
A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at more than 600 organisations worldwide, according to cyber analyst tallies corroborated…
Google fails to end US$5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit – Security
A US judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use.…
EPA Victoria hardens security – Cloud – Security
The Victorian environmental watchdog’s recent investments in staff cyber awareness, data leakage prevention and cloud environment controls align with its security program’s goal of going…
Starlink delivers internet to Nambucca Heads for railway station wi-fi – Telco/ISP
Transport for NSW is trialling free wi-fi at Nambucca Heads station, delivered over Starlink low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The LEO satellite service was chosen…
China drafts rules for using facial recognition technology – Security
China’s cyberspace regulator has issued draft rules to oversee the security management of facial recognition technology in the country. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)…