Optus’ Triple Zero failure “unlikely” to have contributed to baby’s death
An Optus network failure is now considered “unlikely” to have “contributed” to the death of an eight-week-old baby in South Australia, the state’s policy agency…
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European airports snarled by cyberattack
A cyberattack at a provider of check-in and boarding systems disrupted operations on Saturday at several major European airports including London’s Heathrow, the continent’s busiest,…
Optus firewall upgrade behind 13-hour Triple Zero outage
Optus CEO Stephen Rue said that a “regular” firewall upgrade at 12.30am on Thursday caused Triple Zero calls on the network to fail for 13…
Optus network failure impacts Triple Zero calls
Optus has revealed a network failure impacted its ability to carry Triple Zero calls in three states and territories on Thursday, with at least three…
Ramsay Health Care under new tech leadership from November
Ramsay Health Care will have a new technology and digital leader from November, with high-profile executive Dr Rachna Gandhi confirmed to have left the organisation.…
Google adds Gemini to Chrome browser after avoiding antitrust breakup
Google will integrate Gemini into its Chrome browser for users in the US just weeks after a federal judge spared the company from a forced…
University of Sydney hunts for permanent CISO
The University of Sydney has kicked off recruitment for a permanent chief information security officer following the departure of Steven Bennett earlier this year. Since Bennett’s…
Actor auth tokens gave Global Admin access across Azure Entra ID tenants
A Dutch security researcher has published an indepth analysis of a critical vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to compromise every Microsoft Entra ID tenant…
Kmart Australia’s use of facial recognition breached privacy
Kmart Australia breached the privacy of potentially “hundreds of thousands” of individuals when it used a facial recognition technology system to detect refund fraud over…
NSW gov third party-linked cyber incidents quadruple in two years
Cyber incidents linked to third-party systems used by the NSW government have more than quadrupled over the past two years, figures obtained by iTnews reveal.…
Microsoft outs Nigerian as RaccoonO365 PhaaS boss
The Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) at Microsoft said it has disrupted a global phishing operation called RaccoonO365, uncloaking the leader of the criminal gang behind…
FileFix attack tricks users into running image-borne malware
A new social engineering “hack yourself” attack that tricks victims into executing malware through seemingly innocent file upload processes has been discovered by backup and…