ACL penalised $5.8m over Medlab Pathology breach
Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) will pay penalties of $5.8 million over a 2022 data privacy breach at one of its subsidiaries, Medlab Pathology. Medlab Pathology disclosed…
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Optus used wrong email address to inform gov of Triple Zero outage
Optus sent the first notifications of its Triple Zero outage to a recently-retired and unmonitored government email address, where they went unnoticed for over 24…
Zero trust is the key to effective security in a cloud-ready, firewall-free world
Twentieth century security approaches are no longer fit for purpose. With applications and data distributed more widely than ever and users operating from different locations,…
High Court upholds retrospective legal fix for AN0M surveillance sting
The High Court of Australia has backed a retrospective law covering the validity of evidence collected using a compromised encrypted app named AN0M. A large…
Revenue NSW directed to document its AI risk
Revenue NSW is lagging in its effort to keep risk assessments and documentation for its use of AI and automation in its fines and collections…
Cenitex appoints former Vic DFFH CIO as CEO
Victoria’s whole of government shared services provider Cenitex has appointed former Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) CIO and executive director Andrew Larkin as…
Google DeepMind tackles software vulnerabilities with AI agent
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) division has published details of its CodeMender vulnerability finding agent, which is designed to automatically identify and patch security flaws…
Optus used wrong email address to first notify gov of Triple Zero outage
Optus sent the first notifications of its Triple Zero outage to an outdated and unmonitored government email address, where they went unnoticed for over 24…
CBA modernises its banking core
CBA has modernised its longtime SAP-based core banking platform, migrating off an older superseded version that ran on-premises to a newer cloud-native version that runs…
Microsoft to kill local account workarounds in Windows 11 preview builds
Microsoft is tightening the screws on local account creation in Windows 11, removing well-known workarounds that let users skip the Microsoft account requirement during setup,…
CBA modernises its retail banking core
CBA has modernised its longtime SAP-based core banking platform, migrating off an older superseded version that ran on-premises to a newer cloud-native version that runs…
Qualcomm buys Arduino – iTnews
Qualcomm has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic gadgets. San Diego-based Qualcomm is…