Toshiba announces loss due to profit-padding scandal, hacker breaches Bugzilla and goes on Firefox attack, and Blackberry buys Good Technology. [ + ]

Nearly four in 10 Australian IT hiring managers are planning to increase headcount this year, with demand showing a shift towards permanent rather than contracting staff, Robert Walters says. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Today's IP storage applications are becoming increasingly complex and business-critical and require a dedicated, fabric-based network, says Brocade's Phil Coates. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

With new research showing that online piracy is on the decline as adoption of subscription video services grows, EFA has repeated its call for the ISP Copyright Code to be halted. [ + ]

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.

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.

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.

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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.

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. [ + ]