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New wave of cyber attacks using little or no malware
Dell's SecureWorks incident response team has warned of the growing popularity of cyber attacks that use the target's own systems, leaving traditional security tools powerless to defend against them. [ + ]
Identity and access management in the age of the customer
Successful companies will harness the power of identity to transform visionary ideas into applications delivered to millions of customers, anywhere, using any device, says ForgeRock's Sumal Karunanayake. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Our top tech stories for 8 September 2015
This week: Crook wins and then loses $14m lottery ticket, 2015 Cyber Security Challenge, Toyota's $50m car AI investment, making driving safer, but also how to fool self-driving cars.
[ + ]nbn to help transform the jobs of the future: report
An nbn-commissioned report explores the anticipated impact of disruptive new technologies and high-speed connectivity on Australia's jobs market over the next 15 years.
[ + ]Are you ready for the new PCI standards?
Fines of up to $500,000 can be levied on any merchant or service provider that is compromised and not compliant with Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards at the time of an incident.
[ + ]Westpac details tech-focused investment roadmap
Westpac will increase its annual investment spending by around $200m, with a special focus on technology spending, to stay abreast of the major changes taking place in the financial services industry. [ + ]
Ignorance is not bliss for IT security
Privacy Awareness Week emphasised the need for organisations to embed privacy practices into business-as-usual processes, and for individuals to think about how to protect privacy in their everyday lives. [ + ]
Olympics completes first lap of cloud transformation
The Olympic Games' global IT partner Atos, in collaboration with EMC, has delivered the cloud IT infrastructure that will be used for the 2018 Winter Olympics and all future Games. [ + ]
iiNet CEO leaves after TPG buy; Hackers hijack MSN.com ads; Chrome soft-blocks Flash
iiNet CEO David Buckingham has left following TPG's acquisition of the ISP, attackers have inserted malware on Microsoft's MSN.com web portal, and Google's Chrome has begun ads that use Adobe Flash. [ + ]
Australian data centre services market peaking
The Australian data centre outsourcing market will grow 18.2% this year, but has reached its peak growth phase and will slow down from 2016, Frost & Sullivan has predicted.
[ + ]Data analytics to drive Myer's $600m transformation
Myer is using data analytics to address the major challenges facing brick-and-mortar retailers, embarking on a $600m transformation drive focused on productivity, omni-channel retailing and the customer experience. [ + ]
Protecting yourself against CryptoLocker
CryptoLocker has been one of the biggest crises in IT over the past 18 months, and it hasn't gone away. Here are eight steps you can take to prevent an attack. [ + ]
ANZ taps IBM for $450m transformation project
ANZ Bank will deploy technology from IBM and form a joint innovation lab with the technology company as part of a project to improve productivity, innovation and customer insight. [ + ]
The e-learning technology revolution
Every day there are innovations in software and hardware, but more innovation is needed when it comes to finding better ways of using the technology we already have access to, says Matt Smith. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 1 September 2015
This week: Are you smarter than a supercomputer?, an IT project that needs to go back to school, banking blunders, airline booking bloopers, and it's time to quit your factory job. [ + ]