Industry News
New ISACA program assists with AWS audits
ISACA has launched a new audit program to support IT auditors in their assessments of Amazon Web Services (AWS) deployments. [ + ]
MegaCortex ransomware uncovered in Australia
Sophos has uncovered multiple cases of a new ransomware named MegaCortex attacking victims in Australia and multiple other markets. [ + ]
SA Premier's cybersecurity mission to the US
The Premier of South Australia has visited the US to explore investments and growth opportunities for SA's cyber sector. [ + ]
What happens to the Facebook data of dead people?
Facebook profiles belonging to dead people may outnumber live users over the next 50 years, according to a new University of Oxford study. [ + ]
ACCC proposes to extend MTAS declaration
The ACCC has proposed to continue regulating the terms of Australia's domestic mobile terminating access service for voice calls, but not for SMS. [ + ]
Vodafone NZ fined for overbilling customers
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has won a NZ$350,000 judgement against Vodafone New Zealand after the company pleaded guilty to overbilling customers. [ + ]
Equinix completes Perth data centre expansion
Equinix has expanded the capacity of its PE2 data centre to help meet anticipated strong growth in Perth's data centre and interconnection demand. [ + ]
Brand Link Media fined $12,600 for breaching Spam Act
ACMA has fined Victorian marketing company Brand Link Media $12,600 after the company admitted to have contravened the Spam Act. [ + ]
Scams cost businesses $7.2m last year: ACCC
A new report from the ACCC shows that Australian businesses were hit by more than 5800 scams during 2018. [ + ]
Huawei Australia has record year despite 5G woes
Huawei Australia reported an 18% increase in sales revenues to a record $735m despite the August decision banning it from supplying equipment for 5G rollouts. [ + ]
A Cloud Guru raises $46.8m for global expansion
Melbourne-based online cloud training start-up A Cloud Guru has completed a major funding round to support its ongoing global expansion. [ + ]
Registrations open for women in ICT leadership conference
The Public Sector Women in ICT & Digital Leadership Summit is designed for emerging women leaders. [ + ]
AWS launches new APAC region, Alibaba on top in IaaS
As Amazon Web Services opens its Hong Kong Region, Alibaba remains on top by market share in Asia–Pacific Iaas and IUS. [ + ]
UK to mandate age verification for porn
The UK government will introduce a new legislative regime in July that will require adult websites to complete age verification for all UK users. [ + ]
Half a billion dollars lost to scammers last year: ACCC
Almost half a billion dollars was lost to scammers in Australia during 2018, according to a new ACCC report. [ + ]
