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'Massive messaging storm' takes out Telstra's DNS infrastructure

'Massive messaging storm' takes out Telstra's DNS infrastructure

Walks back on earlier claims of denial-of-service attack.
Ry Crozier Aug 2 2020 12:40PM Security
Google says 20 US states, territories 'exploring' contact tracing apps

Google says 20 US states, territories 'exploring' contact tracing apps

Representing about 45 percent of the country's population.
Paresh Dave Aug 1 2020 9:35AM Software
Florida teen accused of masterminding Twitter hack

Florida teen accused of masterminding Twitter hack

Allegedly used accounts of major political and business figures to solicit bitcoin.
Raphael Satter, Katie Paul, Elizabeth Culliford Aug 1 2020 9:22AM Security
Travel giant CWT pays $6.3m ransom to cyber criminals

Travel giant CWT pays $6.3m ransom to cyber criminals

After 2TB of sensitive files were exfiltrated.
Jack Stubbs Aug 1 2020 9:16AM Security
Apple loyalists prove physical stores not needed to drive iPhone sales

Apple loyalists prove physical stores not needed to drive iPhone sales

Blockbuster quarterly results pushes shares up 7 percent.
Staff Writer Aug 1 2020 9:07AM Hardware
Amazon to invest $14 billion in satellite broadband plan

Amazon to invest $14 billion in satellite broadband plan

Plans to deploy 3236 satellites.
David Shepardson and Joey Roulette Aug 1 2020 9:07AM Telco/ISP
Storage failure downs New Zealand Defence websites

Storage failure downs New Zealand Defence websites

Down for a week with no estimate for restoration.
Juha Saarinen Jul 31 2020 3:00PM Hardware
Facebook smashes revenue estimates amid pandemic, forecasts ad growth

Facebook smashes revenue estimates amid pandemic, forecasts ad growth

As users spend more time online.
Katie Paul and Subrat Patnaik Jul 31 2020 1:42PM Financial Services
Google ad rebound offsets Alphabet's first-ever sales drop

Google ad rebound offsets Alphabet's first-ever sales drop

Shares remain steady.
Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil Jul 31 2020 1:42PM Financial Services
Winning Group loses its CTO

Winning Group loses its CTO

Tim Griffin steps down from home appliances specialist.
Ry Crozier Jul 31 2020 1:41PM Training & Development
Computing is the new horsepower, carmaker Audi says

Computing is the new horsepower, carmaker Audi says

In race to develop automated vehicles.
Edward Taylor and Jörn Poltz Jul 31 2020 1:39PM Hardware
OAIC records highest ever number of monthly data breaches

OAIC records highest ever number of monthly data breaches

Since notification scheme began.
Justin Hendry Jul 31 2020 1:19PM Security
Google, Facebook asked to give insider access to algorithmic changes

Google, Facebook asked to give insider access to algorithmic changes

Under Australia's new mandatory media bargaining code.
Justin Hendry Jul 31 2020 11:31AM Strategy
Zoom private meeting passwords were easily crackable

Zoom private meeting passwords were easily crackable

Did not rate limit low-complexity password guesses.
Juha Saarinen Jul 31 2020 9:44AM Security
Morgan Stanley customer data left on decommissioned servers

Morgan Stanley customer data left on decommissioned servers

Offers two years' worth of credit reporting and fraud detection.
Juha Saarinen Jul 31 2020 9:35AM Financial Services
Cenitex poaches V/Line IT security chief

Cenitex poaches V/Line IT security chief

CISO moves to Victoria's peak IT agency.
Justin Hendry Jul 31 2020 7:00AM Training & Development
University of Queensland rolls out MFA to staff and research students

University of Queensland rolls out MFA to staff and research students

Part of layered zero trust approach
Matt Johnston Jul 31 2020 6:55AM Projects
REA Group repatriates 500TB of data to Google's Sydney cloud region

REA Group repatriates 500TB of data to Google's Sydney cloud region

Having originally hosted it in Europe.
Ry Crozier Jul 31 2020 6:55AM Projects
Google's US$2.1 billion Fitbit deal faces EU antitrust probe

Google's US$2.1 billion Fitbit deal faces EU antitrust probe

Data pledge not enough.
Foo Yun Chee Jul 31 2020 6:52AM Hardware
US regulator approves Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite broadband plan

US regulator approves Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite broadband plan

But satellites still in the design phase.
David Shepardson Jul 31 2020 6:43AM Telco/ISP

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