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360 million login credentials found for sale
Hundreds of millions of usernames and passwords are being sold on the black market, and security experts agree that in the wrong hands, stolen passwords can be more damaging than stolen credit card numbers. [ + ]
Melbourne IT buys Netregistry for $50m
Domain registrar Melbourne IT has entered into an agreement to purchase Netregistry Group in a deal worth $50.4 million. [ + ]
Pace of malware attacks doubled in 2013
A malware attack on enterprises occurred once every 1.5 seconds in 2013, and there were command and control servers in nearly every country worldwide, according to FireEye. [ + ]
Nominations open for ACOMM Awards
Nominations are open for the 2014 ACOMMS Australian telecom industry awards. [ + ]
Huawei Australia gets new CEO
Huawei has named James Zhao as the new CEO of Huawei Australia. [ + ]
CEPU slams plans for overhead NBN trial
The Communications Electrical Plumbing Union has accused the Coalition of wasting time and money with a planned trial of using overhead electricity infrastructure for the NBN rollout in Tasmania. [ + ]
Telecoms ombudsman reshuffles board structure
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) yesterday voted to move from a separate board and council structure to having only a single board of directors. [ + ]
The changing face of business intelligence
As business intelligence tools are becoming more popular, vendors are offering them in different forms, on different devices and through different models. [ + ]
Android dominates mobile threat landscape
Android appears to have emerged as the platform of choice for mobile malware authors, accounting for more than 96% of all infections traced by FortiGuard Labs during 2013. [ + ]
RMIT student takes on world hunger with mobile app
Former RMIT student James Downing has developed Pocket Rice, a mobile app designed to tackle world hunger through trivia. [ + ]
AAPT CEO Yuile to resign this week
AAPT CEO David Yuile will leave the company this Friday, the same day that the sale of AAPT to TPG is finalised. [ + ]
Telecom NZ rebrands as Spark
Telecom New Zealand will change its name to Spark in a rebranding exercise that will also cover the company's Gen-i and Telecom Digital Ventures units. [ + ]
NBN Co to adopt multitechnology mix by 2015
NBN Co has taken the first steps towards transitioning to a multitechnology model for the NBN, including preparing for trials of FTTB and FTTN technologies. [ + ]
Capgemini names new A/NZ CEO
Technology and outsourcing services company Capgemini has appointed Depak Nangia to the post of CEO for Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
IBM, Theiss use big data to predict mining gear failure
IBM Research and contract miner Theiss have announced a collaboration aimed at developing big data tools to improve the efficiency of mining equipment maintenance. [ + ]
