Allie Coyne

Allie Coyne is a Sydney-based journalist and the editor of iTnews.

Coyne started on iTnews in 2013 after almost two years running the website of technology channel publication CRN.

Coyne won best new journalist in the 2013 Microsoft IT Journalism Awards, and was named best business technology journalist at the same awards in 2015, again in 2016, and won best security journalist in 2018. She left iTnews in 2018.

Recent articles by Allie Coyne

Attackers can 'AtomBomb' every version of Windows

Attackers can 'AtomBomb' every version of Windows

Operating system design flaw makes mitigation tricky.
Allie Coyne Oct 28 2016 9:20AM Security
Victoria Police extends life of 25-yr-old LEAP database

Victoria Police extends life of 25-yr-old LEAP database

Upgrades give green-screen system another seven years.
Allie Coyne Oct 28 2016 6:36AM Software
How ANZ Bank is overhauling its dev environment

How ANZ Bank is overhauling its dev environment

Faster, easier for devs to access data.
Allie Coyne Oct 27 2016 6:20AM Software
Govt defends against criticism of cyber centres

Govt defends against criticism of cyber centres

Inside the first co-design meeting.
Allie Coyne Oct 26 2016 12:11PM Security
How Harvey Norman jumped off its 'burning platform'

How Harvey Norman jumped off its 'burning platform'

Fixing an “absolute nightmare”.
Allie Coyne Oct 26 2016 6:51AM Software
Immigration drastically slims IT environment

Immigration drastically slims IT environment

As it works to 'lead the world in tech'.
Allie Coyne Oct 25 2016 6:40AM Strategy
Allphones falls at first hurdle in Optus fee fight

Allphones falls at first hurdle in Optus fee fight

Former partners battle in court over commissions.
Allie Coyne Oct 24 2016 6:30AM Telco/ISP
Union worried about Galaxy Note 7s exploding on AusPost staff

Union worried about Galaxy Note 7s exploding on AusPost staff

Demands 'urgent' detail on safety controls.
Allie Coyne Oct 21 2016 2:42PM Hardware
Bitter feud between partners as IBM deflects eCensus blame

Bitter feud between partners as IBM deflects eCensus blame

NextGen, Vocus refute claims of error.
Allie Coyne Oct 20 2016 9:56AM Security
Why retailers keep getting hacked

Why retailers keep getting hacked

And what the Australian industry is doing about it.
Allie Coyne Oct 20 2016 6:46AM Security
Australia's first cyber threat sharing centre to open before end of year

Australia's first cyber threat sharing centre to open before end of year

Brisbane to get first pilot facility.
Allie Coyne Oct 19 2016 12:19PM Security
NBN Co to tweak RSP pricing model for fee drop

NBN Co to tweak RSP pricing model for fee drop

Contentious CVC charge revised again.
Allie Coyne Oct 18 2016 10:00PM Telco/ISP
Samsung puts booths in Aussie airports to swap exploding Note 7s

Samsung puts booths in Aussie airports to swap exploding Note 7s

As airlines ban device from planes.
Allie Coyne Oct 18 2016 2:41PM Hardware
Telstra CISO Mike Burgess quits

Telstra CISO Mike Burgess quits

Three top IT roles now vacant at telco.
Allie Coyne Oct 18 2016 12:20PM Telco/ISP
Brandis refuses to table 'unremarkable' WhatsApp comms

Brandis refuses to table 'unremarkable' WhatsApp comms

Wong raises concerns about FOI requests.
Allie Coyne Oct 17 2016 1:35PM Security
Australian MPs still scared of Huawei

Australian MPs still scared of Huawei

DPS CIO quizzed on APH network security.
Allie Coyne Oct 17 2016 11:56AM Security
ANZ Bank opens up its mainframe

ANZ Bank opens up its mainframe

New APIs will be offered to third parties.
Allie Coyne Oct 17 2016 6:30AM Software
Cancer register bill passes Senate with privacy fixes

Cancer register bill passes Senate with privacy fixes

Telstra-run database given official approval.
Allie Coyne Oct 13 2016 5:29PM Security
Brandis wants two-year jail sentence for re-identifying govt data

Brandis wants two-year jail sentence for re-identifying govt data

Researchers not automatically exempt.
Allie Coyne Oct 12 2016 5:07PM Security
Vodafone demonstrates 5G with robots, VR streaming

Vodafone demonstrates 5G with robots, VR streaming

To showcase latency, bandwidth potential.
Allie Coyne Oct 12 2016 12:56PM Telco/ISP

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