ATO restructures cloud ops, embraces ‘approval by default’
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has halved the size of its cloud team after expanding the use of self-service capabilities on its Amazon Web Services…
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University of New England to give every student access to AI
The University of New England (UNE) will offer all students an AI platform from next month that they can use to build AI assistants as…
The Hidden Cost of Security Misconfigurations in the Critical Infrastructure Industry
When it comes to protecting Australia’s critical infrastructure, most organisations focus on the points of entry. They invest in stronger locks for doors, multi-factor authentication,…
Industrial cellular routers in Australia abused for smishing
A popular make of industrial cellular routers with nearly 10,000 devices connected to the Internet in Australia alone is being abused by attackers for short…
Microsoft launches 365 Premium with Copilot AI assistant
Microsoft has unveiled Microsoft 365 Premium for individuals that bundles the company’s Copilot artificial intelligence assistant across apps, including Outlook, Excel and Word. The launch…
German government looks to AI and cutting red tape to revive economy
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to make Europe’s biggest economy competitive again after the cabinet approved measures aimed at reducing bureaucracy and making it quicker…
Optus calls in consultants for mobile network review after Triple Zero failures
Optus is bringing on consultancy firm Kearney to “provide additional oversight” for its mobile network in the wake of the outages of its emergency call services. The…
Google Workspace adds AI ransomware detection and sync pausing for Drive
Google is strengthening its ransomware defences with artificial intelligence-powered malware detection in the Drive cloud storage for customers on Workspace productivity plans, in an effort…
Industry groups worry about cyber info sharing
The US federal law that facilitates a significant portion of information sharing between the federal government and private sector is likely to expire October 1…
Asahi Group production impacted by cyberattack
Japanese beer and beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings has not been able to resume production at domestic factories a day after a cyberattack and cannot…
Singtel says Optus CEO needs time to fix issues
Optus’s CEO will need more time to turn around the embattled telecom carrier, the boss of its parent Singapore Telecommunications, who is in Australia to…
First malicious MCP server for AI found
Security researchers have spotted what they think is the world’s first malicious model context protocol (MCP) server, made available as open source on Microsoft owned…