Britain plans new data rules to ease compliance burden – Security – Software
Britain will make another attempt to reform its data protection law with the objective of easing the compliance burden for businesses, while remaining sufficiently in…
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Arista patches CloudVision vulnerability – Security
Arista has discovered an access control bug affecting some versions of its CloudVision Portal product. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-24546, affects eight versions of CloudVision Portal when…
Coles looks to create Beem-based digital wallet – Software – Finance
Coles Group and Australian Payments Plus (AP+) are set to launch a new digital wallet aimed at creating a smoother checkout process leveraging Beem capabilities. …
Digital radio system outage halts Sydney trains – Software
A failure of the digital train radio system (DTRS) has stopped trains from operating in the Sydney metropolitan area, as well as reportedly on intercity…
CBA’s Indonesian subsidiary hit by cyber attack – Finance – Security
The Commonwealth Bank’s Indonesian subsidiary PT Bank Commonwealth (PTBC) has experienced a “cyber incident”. The bank said in a brief statement [pdf] that attackers gained unauthorised access…
Hume Bank starts transforming its loan origination – Software – Finance
Hume Bank is transforming its customer onboarding process for loan and deposit products by modernising its loan origination platform. The customer-owned bank last month partnered…
Australia’s Facebook lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica clears major hurdle – Software
Australia’s privacy watchdog can proceed with a Federal Court case against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal after the High Court declined to intervene. The…
Kmart Group looks at “multiple” ChatGPT use cases – Software
Kmart Group has joined a growing list of Australian enterprises to explore potential use cases for the conversational AI platform ChatGPT. Chief information officer Brad…
Virgin Australia looks to strengthen its cyber security – Strategy – Training & Development – Security
Virgin Australia is building out its internal cyber security capability with a number of roles in a spectrum of infosec and compliance domains advertised over…
Atlassian to cut “around 500” jobs – Training & Development – Software
(L-R) Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar Atlassian has announced a five percent staff reduction, “around 500” people in real terms, a move it says will…
New EU-US data pact may come too late for Facebook – Software – Storage
A new pact to facilitate the safe transfer of EU citizens’ personal data to the United States might not come into force in time to…
Westpac joins CBA in checking payment details – Finance – Software
Westpac is set to launch new payment verification measures to combat scams and mistaken payments, the second of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks to act in…