McPherson’s creates AI agent for key account teams
McPherson’s Consumer Products, the owner of health and beauty brands like Manicare, Dr Lewinn’s and Maseur, has built an AI agent with Salesforce to help…
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China-linked Flax Typhoon tweaked ArcGIS plugin to act as stealthy backdoor
Security researchers have uncovered how a state-linked espionage group quietly turned a trusted ArcGIS plugin into a remote shell, maintaining access for over a year…
Macquarie Bank’s digital chief to join Westpac
Macquarie Bank’s chief digital officer of almost a decade Luis Uguina is set to join Westpac in January next year. Uguina’s departure was effectively flagged…
Hackers using F5 devices to target US gov networks
US government officials said that federal networks are being targeted by an unidentified “nation-state cyber threat actor” that’s trying to exploit vulnerabilities in products made…
Austrade to replace its data centre core network
Austrade, Australia’s peak trade and investment development body, is set to replace its Cisco-based core network infrastructure at two physical data centres from late 2026. The…
Sigma Healthcare runs ML in SAP for more forecasting gains
Sigma Healthcare has used several machine learning models to consolidate gains around its demand forecasting for medication, helping it optimise inventory and availability. The full-line…
“Pixnapping” vulnerability lets Android apps steal 2FA codes in 30 seconds
Academic researchers have devised and demonstrated a novel attack that allows malicious Android apps to steal sensitive data from other applications without any operating system…
National Archives identifies four “areas of interest” for AI
The National Archives of Australia is getting ready to test AI across a wide range of operations in maintaining its growing library of historical documents…
National photo licence recognition system set to go live in 2025
The Australian government is set to launch its long-awaited National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution by the end of the year, nearly a decade after…
ACCAN calls for real-time, single source of truth on outages
Telecommunication consumer advocacy body, ACCAN, has called for the establishment of a unified, public register of communications service outages. ACCAN suggested the move would restore…
Ansell has data accessed by unknown attackers
Ansell, a maker of personal protective equipment (PPE) like gloves, has disclosed a cyber incident where unknown attackers exploited vulnerabilities to access company data. The…
Microsoft restrains exploited legacy IE mode in Edge browser
Threat actors have worked around the security enhancements in Microsoft’s Edge web browser, by simply using social engineering to tell users to enter the legacy…