Canberra's Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms should be passed, a parliamentary committee has recommended, but only if amendments are made to address industry concerns. [ + ]

The South Australian government has appointed local company EscapeNet to deliver the $7.6 million GigCity Adelaide network. [ + ]

At least two Australian companies are reportedly among the victims of a new global ransomware attack that exploits the same vulnerability as last month's WannaCry ransomware outbreak. [ + ]

The majority of Australian businesses believe that IaaS will play some role in their business within three years, with 40% planning to be running all or most of their IT infrastructure in the cloud. [ + ]

US health insurance giant Anthem has agreed to a proposed US$115m settlement to a class action lawsuit covering the major 2015 data breach affecting nearly 78.9m customers. [ + ]

The government's newly tabled Telecommunications Reform Package would require nbn co to provide wholesale broadband services with speeds of at least 25 Mbps to every premise nationwide. [ + ]

Nearly all (92%) respondents to a recent Inmarsat survey named the IoT as their company's top digital transformation priority. [ + ]

A South Korean company has agreed to pay a record US$1m to decrypt files held hostage by a Linux variant of the Erebus ransomware. [ + ]

Apple retained its top spot in Gartner's list of the top 100 vendors in IT by annual revenue, with rivals Samsung and Google taking second and third place respectively. [ + ]

Critical infrastructure experts consider the utilities sector to top the list of the world's most critical industries, measured by factors including the potential societal and financial impact of an outage. [ + ]

A survey from nbn co found that 46% of Australian small businesses either already operate overseas or are planning an international expansion. [ + ]

The ACCC is soliciting volunteers for a new program designed to monitor the real-world performance of fixed nbn services to provide consumers with more transparent information. [ + ]

With a wide variety of industries now evaluating adopting blockchain distributed ledger technology, ISACA has published new guidance for companies considering taking the plunge. [ + ]

The program and list of speakers and panellists for next month's planned Data + Privacy Asia Pacific international privacy conference have just been announced. [ + ]

Criminal underground markets worldwide are offering 'Fake News as a Service', producing and disseminating misinformation for a profit, according to Trend Micro. [ + ]