A vulnerability found in the ubiquitous Bash Unix shell has been described as more severe than Heartbleed and affecting the "largest ever attack vector surface" of any bug. [ + ]

Apple's 'flexi' phone vs Blackberry's "bizarre" one; Bionic brains will be analog; When your car just won't listen; Home Depot needs data DIY.

Four in five Australian businesses are unaware of advanced persistent threats and only 82% know of the existence of antivirus security technology, a survey shows. [ + ]

Telstra has arranged to link up with Equinix data centres in Sydney and Melbourne, and to extend its Telstra Cisco Intercloud rollout into Singapore and Hong Kong. [ + ]

Two university research projects are exploring promising ways to overcome the limitations of conventional silicon chips with electronic circuits. [ + ]

The ADF has launched - and is rolling out nationwide - an integrated e-health system that will provide all ADF members with a single record throughout their careers. [ + ]

Network functions virtualisation (NFV) is far more complicated than server virtualisation and it can't stand alone. It needs a full ecosystem of partner technology to enable successful adoption. [ + ]

Boeing will boost its ability to deal with cybersecurity challenges in the Asia-Pacific region with the establishment of a cyber analytics centre in Singapore, the first of its kind for the company outside of the US. [ + ]

Experts have criticised eBay for its response to a hack designed to steal users' credentials; Ellison steps down as CEO, but stays as CTO and executive chairman; and Australian authorities requested more information on Google users in the first half of 2014 than in the same period in 2013. [ + ]

Smart connected vehicles have the potential to improve road safety, but primitive network security systems could make them more of a danger, QUT professor Andry Rakotonirainy warns. [ + ]

Frankenstein robots are coming; BP's £4bn fat finger fail; Detroit's 'broken' IT system; How random is your smartphone?; Big cat 'bot can bound. [ + ]

As release timescales shrink and development is further outsourced, the software supply chain is becoming more complex and failing to achieve acceptable levels of effectiveness. A new perspective is required. [ + ]

Acquia has been chosen to provide the cloud platform for the GovCMS unified government web content management system. [ + ]

The explosion of mobile, social, cloud and big data is challenging all of us to come up with new customer-facing solutions. [ + ]

Australian business leaders support the government's proposed telecom data retention scheme but are calling for strong safeguards to limit the impact on legitimate consumers and businesses, a survey indicates. [ + ]