Researchers feed infostealer gangs booby-trapped session cookies
Key points Two New Zealand researchers, Will Frame and Jacob Torrey, deliberately infected themselves with malware to seed decoy session cookies as Canarytokens in infostealer…
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ASIC talking to bankers over failed Firmus IPO
Australia’s corporate regulator said on Thursday it was probing the failed initial public offering of AI data centre operator Firmus. Firmus’ planned IPO, due to…
Binance freezes assets after US$6.3 billion heist
Hackers stole US$6.3 billion ($8.96 billion) from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what analysts say is the biggest crypto hack ever, an attack…
Flaw in GNU’s code forge could have let attackers backdoor Bash
Key points Researchers exploited a crafted email address with backticks to gain command execution on the GNU Savannah code forge, which hosts Bash and Coreutils…
Defence mandates move off VMware
Key points Defence has been mandated to reduce its use of VMware ahead of its licensing costs being doubled, sources told iTnews. The mandate was…
Apple shows off pricey touchscreen laptops
Apple CEO John Ternus has unveiled the company’s first touchscreen MacBooks, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps a burst of product launches…
Apple rains on MIE-bypassing iPhone jailbreak parade with iOS update
Apple’s busy patch week includes iOS 27.2, which closes off most of the bugs security researchers exploited to “jailbreak” an iPhone protected by the company’s…
Japanese companies compensate users as cyberattacks buffet economy
Japanese companies are moving to pay compensation to users following waves of cyberattacks that have disrupted internet services and raised concerns about economic stability. GMO…
TAFE NSW creates digital guidance for staff to use its SAP systems
Key points TAFE NSW is using SAP WalkMe to guide its 17,000 staff through its SAP Ariba and SAP Concur systems. The case study shows…
Telstra deploys billing reconciliation AI agent
Key points Telstra is a customer of Microsoft’s nascent AI implementation and consulting unit, Microsoft Frontier Company, launched in July. The partnership has produced an…
Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo units showing screen problems
Days after launching its first folding iPhone, Apple acknowledged that some of the devices exhibit display problems and said it will replace them. Apple started…
Alleged Israeli spy company heavily targeted Starlink users
Experts at a digital defence firm recently found that an Israeli ad tech company was heavily targeting users of Starlink’s satellite internet service in a likely…