Medical data and Wesfarmers
28 September 2023
Medical practitioners have raised concerns over over patient data as Bunnings and Kmart enter the prescriptions business.
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Federal government reveals ”cyber shields" for enhanced national cyber security
27 September 2023
Shields will create a multi-layered defense system against attacks.
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Cisco's game-changing acquisition of Splunk
27 September 2023
This move aims to strengthen Cisco's software business and take advantage of the growing demand for artificial intelligence.
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ChatGPT has Learnt to Talk
27 September 2023
ChatGPT can now communicate through spoken words, thanks to OpenAI.
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Microsoft's security flaw exposed company data on GitHub for nearly a year
27 September 2023
A URL was created to allow users to download the models, but it inadvertently granted permissions to the entire storage account, exposing additional private data. The exposed data included secrets, private keys, passwords, and over 30,000 Microsoft Teams messages.
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TikTok fined 345 million euros for breaching children's privacy laws in the EU
20 September 2023
It is the biggest fine to date TikTok has received from regulators.
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Google to Pay $93m for Misleading Users on Location Tracking
20 September 2023
Tech giant ‘continued to collect and store a user’s location data’ even if users turned off their location history.
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Gov to curtail one-to-many face matching by law enforcement
20 September 2023
The government is having a second go at legislation for identity and facial matching services, one that will still enable central identity data pools to exist but place heavier restrictions on usage.
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Pegasus spyware exploits vulnerability in Apple devices
14 September 2023
Citizen Lab confidently attributed the exploit to NSO's Pegasus spyware based on their forensic analysis.
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Signing contracts may soon become obsolete
14 September 2023
The federal government has announced it is taking statutory declarations into the digital age, saying it will accept electronic signatures and video link witnessing from next year.
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Modern Cars Spying on You - Privacy Not Included
14 September 2023
Car brands quietly entered the data business by turning their vehicles into powerful data-gobbling machines.
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British Information Commissioner's Office reviewing period and fertility trackers due to data security concerns
14 September 2023
Users often have issues with consent for personal information usage.
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Microsoft unbundles Teams from Office to avoid EU antitrust fine
06 September 2023
Microsoft is making changes to address concerns about its chat and video app Teams being bundled with its Office product.
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Spies for hire exploit Telstra-owned Pacific mobile network
06 September 2023
Telstra-owned mobile operator in the Pacific Islands likely used by spy firms to track people worldwide and steal data, cybersecurity analysis shows.
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Federal Government has decided not to require adult websites to use age verification technology
06 September 2023
The eSafety commissioner is to work with industry on a new code to educate parents about how to access filtering software and limit children’s access.
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Microsoft’s Azure’s East Australia region outage
06 September 2023
Microsoft had “insufficient” staff levels at its data centre campus last week when a “voltage dip” knocked its chiller plant for two data halls offline, cooking portions of its storage hardware.
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