Linux usage on Azure now surpasses Windows
02 July, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA Microsoft developer has revealed that usage of Linux on the company's Azure Cloud now exceeds Windows.
Are ethics in technology dead?
02 July, 2019 by Sean BatesIt's up to all of us to ensure our industry maintains the highest ethical standards, and keep security and probity top of mind, says ITPA's Sean Bates.
Global SKS network facing "devastating attack"
02 July, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAttackers have exploited a flaw in the global SKS network used by the OpenPGP protocol that threatens to break GnuPG implementations of the protocol.
Espionage group hijacks rival's infrastructure
25 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA Symantec report into the activities of the Waterbug espionage group revealed that the group appears to have hijacked the infrastructure of a rival group.
Security vs national security
18 June, 2019 by Robert Hudson, President, ITPAThe tug of war over certain companies being allowed to contribute to 5G networks is spilling over to the wider industry. Will there be a solution?
Exim vulnerability now being exploited
17 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA newly uncovered worm seeks to exploit the recently disclosed vulnerability in Exim, the platform that is used by well over half of the world's email servers.
EU mobile traffic routed to China for two hours
11 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingLarge amounts of mobile traffic bound for European mobile networks was inadvertently routed through China for more than two hours recently.
Postman Digit? Agility Robotics releases new delivery robot
11 June, 2019 by Natasha DoyleAgility Robotics' humanoid robot, Digit, is stepping out of the lab and into the world, and some day, it might just end up at your door.
ACSC urges Windows users to patch against BlueKeep
07 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingUsers of outdated and obsolete versions of Windows have been urged to patch against the critical BlueKeep vulnerability, with “potentially millions of networks” at risk.
Misapplied config change caused Google service outage
06 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGoogle has attributed an outage impacting access to Google services to a configuration change that was inadvertently applied more broadly than planned.
Bug found impacting more than half of email servers
06 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCloud security company Qualys has discovered a new vulnerability in the Exim mail transfer agent that allows root-level local and remote command execution.
Half of data held by A/NZ businesses is 'dark'
05 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingHalf of data held by organisations in Australia and New Zealand remains unclassified or untagged, according to research commissioned by Veritas.
More AustCyber Projects funding announced
04 June, 2019The second round of AustCyber Projects funding has been announced by the federal government.
What limits should there be on tracking in public?
28 May, 2019 by James Andrewartha*Tracking via facial recognition, Wi-Fi and other means is spreading. As IT professionals, what should we do if or until these technologies are regulated?
Cloud users considering moving PII back on-premises
28 May, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly half of organisations that store sensitive customer information in the cloud are considering moving it back in-house due to data security worries.
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