Exetel fined $694k over system ‘vulnerability’ in mobile number porting
Exetel has been penalised $694,000 after scammers were able to port mobile numbers to the telco and use them to steal hundreds of thousands of…
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AI summarisers open to ‘ClickFix’ social engineering attacks
Security researchers have developed a sophisticated prompt injection attack that abuses trusted AI summarisation tools, and potentially turns these into ClickFix-style step-by-step instructions to compromise…
Telstra Health to lead My Health Record data architecture overhaul
Telstra’s digital health arm has won a $33.2 million contract to implement a new data architecture for the government’s My Health Record based on a…
xAI sues Apple and OpenAI
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in US federal court in Texas, accusing them of illegally conspiring to…
Verint bought by Thoma Bravo in US$2 billion deal
Thoma Bravo will acquire Verint Systems in a US$2 billion ($3.1 billion) deal, including debt, the customer engagement platform said, marking the latest software buyout…
Qantas makes architectural changes to its API management platform
Qantas has made a series of architectural changes to its API management platform, improving its reliability and resiliency, which has encouraged usage. Speaking at WSO2Con…
Attackers weaponise Linux file names as malware vectors
A researcher at security vendor Trellix has uncovered a Linux malware attack that embeds malicious code directly into file names, a technique that bypasses most…
Telstra to lead My Health Record data architecture overhaul
Telstra’s digital health arm has won a $33.2 million contract to implement a new data architecture for the government’s My Health Record based on a…
US to take 10 percent equity stake in Intel
US President Donald Trump said the US would take a 10 percent stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker that converts government…
Databricks to buy Tecton in AI agent push
Databricks will acquire machine learning startup Tecton to expand its AI agent offerings, the latest in a string of deals aimed at offering full-scale AI…
Defence’s ERP bill with IBM hits $575m
The Department of Defence has inked a fresh agreement with IBM related to its enterprise resource planning (ERP) overhaul, bringing the value of the total…
ANZ eyes ‘compound’ gains from GenAI
ANZ Banking Group is realising incremental benefits from adopting generative AI across its IT service desk environment despite initial misgivings about the technology’s potential return…