“Widespread data theft” hits Salesforce customers via third party
Compromised OAuth tokens through a third-party app have resulted in large-scale data raids on instances of the Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) platform, by an…
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International coalition calls out three Chinese companies over hacking campaign
An unusually broad coalition composed of the United States, its traditional English-speaking allies, and other nations including Germany, Italy and Japan is calling out three…
DTA trials AI to assist Digital Marketplace application reviews
The federal government is set to pilot the use of artificial intelligence to help review applications for its Digital Marketplace 2 panel. The Digital Transformation…
Woolworths cuts Big W loose from shared technology stack
Woolworths Group is set to decouple Big W from its shared technology infrastructure, transitioning the department store to a “standalone, fit-for-purpose” platform. The move follows…
ESET spots “PromptLock” AI-powered ransomware
Slovakia-based cyber security vendor ESET said it has discovered “the first known” artificial intelligence-powered ransomware that generates malicious scripts on-the-fly on infected machines. ESET called…
Exetel fined $694k over system ‘vulnerability’ for 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…
TCS forms AI-focused unit – iTnews
India’s largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services formed a new unit for artificial intelligence-based operations and named insider Amit Kapur as its chief, a company…
Home Affairs adds SecOps to new cyber risk overhaul
Home Affairs is investing in cyber security operations after an extensive program to overhaul its cyber risk management and system authorisation processes. The department is…
Coles eyes AI to keep shelves stocked in next viral recipe trend
Coles Group is hoping AI can play a role in better preparing the retailer and its value chain for the next viral recipe trend, after…
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…
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…