SA government begins hunt for new CIO
The South Australian government has started recruiting for a new chief information officer, seven months after the departure of long-serving IT lead Dr Eva Balan-Vnuk…
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How North Korean hackers are using fake job offers to steal cryptocurrency
North Korean hackers are saturating the cryptocurrency industry with credible-sounding job offers as part of their campaign to steal digital cash, according to new research,…
Atlassian bets on AI browsers
Atlassian will acquire New York-based startup The Browser Company for US$610 million (A$936 million) in cash, moving into the fast‑crowding market for AI‑driven browsers. Startups…
Academic researchers created AI-powered “PromptLock” ransomware
The “PromptLock” ransomware that cyber security firm ESET discovered last month has turned out to be an academic research prototype, and not an actual attempt…
Agentic cyber security AI abused for Citrix Netscaler attacks
Cyber security vendor Check Point Software says a recently released AI-powered framework for fast automated testing has quickly become abused by threat actors to develop…
WA Health rolls out $104m digital medical record system
WA Health has completed the first stage of its long-running electronic medical record (EMR) overhaul, migrating 44 million documents to a digital system. The government…
NSW government unveils new Office for AI
The NSW Government has formally established a dedicated artificial intelligence unit, more than a year after it was recommended in a comprehensive review into AI…
Lion migrates staff onboarding process from SAP into ServiceNow
Beverage company Lion has consolidated four onboarding tools into a single platform as part of a broader push to simplify its HR operations. Samantha Copping,…
NSW Education turns to Deloitte for HCM program delivery
The NSW Department of Education has handed $69 million to Deloitte to help deliver its new human resources platform over the next three years. The…
David Jones invites all parts of its business to embrace data
David Jones has set up an internal data community and hired data business partners to bridge the technology and retail worlds, two initiatives it hopes…
Gov offers another $475m compensation for Robodebt victims
The federal government has agreed to pay victims of the Robodebt scandal a further $475 million in compensation following an appeal against 2020’s landmark $1.8…
Researchers detail novel cryptomining attack
Researchers at cyber security vendor Darktrace have unearthed what they say is the first documented case of NBMiner cryptomining malware being deployed through a PowerShell-based…