Why traditional cyber risk assessment in cybersecurity is broken
Most cyber risk heatmaps look tidy. Luke Irwin argues that is part of the problem. Luke Irwin, Aegis Cybersecurity In the first of a two-part…
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Westpac plugs five AWS AI agents into core lending processes
Westpac is using a series of AI agents built on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to process payslips provided by customers when applying for a home loan…
Russia-linked “Midnight Blizzard” group hijacks hotel wi-fi with CaptiveCrunch
Microsoft Threat Intelligence is alerting on a campaign hijacking hotel and conference centre wi-fi networks worldwide, with Russia-linked intelligence services aiming to steal guests’ credentials and…
Home Affairs’ VMware arrangements top $60m
Home Affairs has consolidated its VMware subscriptions into a single three-year, $61 million deal, representing an increased cost although it’s unclear by just how much.…
Visa snaps up BioCatch – iTnews
Visa will buy fraud intelligence provider BioCatch for US$2.4 billion ($3.4 billion) in cash, marking the card giant’s latest effort to beef up its cyber…
Journey Beyond finds safer path to customer AI with agentic agents
The Australian experiential tourism operator Journey Beyond is using agentic AI to mitigate the governance risks of customer-facing AI after finding conversational AI chatbots could…
Gov defends social media ban after study shows most teens still online
Australia’s government has mounted a defence of its world-first ban on social media for children under 16, even as fresh data revealed the scale of…
Arch Linux halts package adoptions after malware hijacking wave
Distribution Arch Linux has disabled package adoptions on the Arch User Repository (AUR) after attackers used the feature to push large amounts of malicious code…
Microsoft can’t kill dogged researcher’s Copilot for Word worm
A Norwegian data scientist has shown that prompt injection attacks on large language models remain a hard-to-fix problem, with a Copilot for Word self-propagating worm…
NBN Co using AI to draft incident reports, prepare field crews
NBN Co is using artificial intelligence to prepare the “first cut” of post-incident reports and to better prepare crews to fix damaged infrastructure, amid a…
NZ data centre builder contracts for new trans-Tasman link
A “Tasman Ring” submarine cable network connecting Australia and New Zealand has reached a milestone, with Datagrid New Zealand signing a pair of delivery contracts with…
Musk’s X says Australia social media ban crackdown undermines international law
Elon Musk’s X accused Australia of trying to give its internet regulator unfair information-gathering powers and undermining US law with plans for tougher enforcement of…