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…
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Germany planning to ban Huawei, ZTE from parts of 5G networks – Strategy – Telco/ISP
Germany’s government is planning on forbidding telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks, German paper Zeit…
Tech-sponsored study criticises plan to exclude non-EU cloud vendors – Strategy – Cloud
A proposed European Union cloud security label that could exclude Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other non-EU cloud services providers from the bloc is discriminatory and…
Companies not reporting cyber attacks to ASX, says UoW professor – Security
An economics professor researching the stock price impact of cyber incidents has made a startling discovery: only a minority of listed Australian companies suffering breaches…
Microsoft integrates AI behind ChatGPT to more developer tools – Strategy – Software
Microsoft has bundled the technology behind ChatGPT with its Power Platform, saying it allows users to develop applications with little or no coding, the latest…
US prepares new rules on investment in technology abroad – Strategy
The Treasury Department is preparing a new program that could prohibit US investment in certain sectors of adversarial nations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing…
Researchers discover ‘kill switch’ in Starlink terminals – Security
Crashed Starlink terminal. arXiv:2303.00582 Starlink quietly shipped software that patched a “kill switch” in its user terminals in December last year. The discovery was made…
Federal MP’s office allegedly email-bombed – Security
A woman from Western Sydney is alleged by police to have sent 32,397 emails to the office of an unnamed federal MP over a 24-hour…
NSW bug hunters turned up 22,000 vulnerabilities in gov computers in 2022 – Security
Vulnerability hunters for the NSW state government turned up more than 22,000 vulnerabilities in NSW government systems last year, according to Cyber Security NSW’s 2022…
ANZ Institutional digital lead moves to RACQ – Training & Development
Queensland roadside assistance organisation RACQ has appointed James Borg as its new head of digital strategy. Borg stepped into the role after four-and-a-half years at…
Nvidia’s plans for sales to Huawei imperiled – Strategy – Hardware
US chipmaker Nvidia’s plans to sell technology to China’s Huawei would be thwarted if the US government proceeds with a proposal to further restrict shipments…
Defence signs Deakin, UniSA for AI projects – Software
The Department of Defence has signed contracts with two universities to help develop its AI capabilities. The University of South Australia and Deakin University will…