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Is your employer watching you? Online profiling blurs the boundary of our public and private lives
Online profiling blurs the boundary of our public and private lives. [ + ]
Victoria awards $6.5m to support local start-ups
Victoria has allocated $6.5m to 18 projects designed to stimulate the state's start-up ecosystem, as the first round of funding for the $60m LaunchVic initiative. [ + ]
Ransomware threats spread to APAC
The major ransomware operators have expanded into APAC, developing localised versions of their tools to help better extort payments from the region's internet users. [ + ]
OAIC compels Ashley Madison to improve privacy
The owners of the Ashley Madison dating site have made enforceable undertakings to take steps to better protect its customers' private information, following an OAIC probe into last year's data breach. [ + ]
Apple patches iOS flaws used in cyber espionage
Apple has issued a patch to address three critical iOS vulnerabilities used in malware developed for purposes including spying on political dissidents, as reports circulate of iPhone 6 devices facing 'touch disease'. [ + ]
Cybercrooks exploiting insiders in telco company attacks
Cybercriminals are recruiting rogue insiders or seeking to blackmail employees to help them carry out attacks against fixed and mobile telecom service providers, research from Kaspersky Lab shows. [ + ]
Optus's $20m Wi-Fi project; Microsoft open sources PowerShell; Cisco cuts 5500 jobs
Shopping centres to get free Optus Wi-Fi, Powershell released for Linux, and Cisco will slash its workforce. [ + ]
Technology to boost sales
The right combination of customer relationship and marketing automation software can help businesses retain valuable customers. [ + ]
Accenture buys Australian security firm Redcore
Accenture has agreed to buy Melbourne-based Redcore to expand Accenture Security's capabilities in IAM and security-as-a-service. [ + ]
The one skill every IT pro needs
There's one essential skill that can turn the tables on the angst that comes with continuous integration and delivery of ITaaS. [ + ]
Three keys to securing our cybersecurity future
Now that the election is over, it's time for the federal government to get back to business and implement its Cybersecurity Strategy. [ + ]
Machine learning, blockchain reaching peak hype: Gartner
Gartner's 2016 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies indicates that machine learning is at peak hype, blockchain and the connected home are close behind, and the hype for SDx is starting to fade. [ + ]
OAIC examines Census attack; Oracle MICROS breach; Linux TCP weakness
Privacy Commissioner satisfied no Census data was stolen, Russian criminals breach hundreds of Oracle systems, and dangerous Linux security weakness found. [ + ]
Home batteries to face off in ARENA-funded trial
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is providing funding for ITP Renewables' Battery Trial, which will compare the real-time performance of home batteries from eight leading vendors. [ + ]
Making the move to hyperconvergence
Hyper-converged appliances bring faster deployment, simpler operation and lower operating costs. What's not to like? But while it's good for some, it's not for everybody. [ + ]
