Technology

Thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data from University of Western Australia

Thieves steal laptops with 30 years of data from University of Western Australia

Machines were "password-protected".
Ry Crozier Jul 28 2019 7:38AM Hardware
NAB reveals 13,000-person data breach at 6PM Friday

NAB reveals 13,000-person data breach at 6PM Friday

Dataset uploaded to the servers of two service providers.And not burying news, promise.
Ry Crozier Jul 26 2019 6:21PM Financial Services
Canberra cops admit to 3000 more illegal metadata access incidents

Canberra cops admit to 3000 more illegal metadata access incidents

Apologises for 3,249 incidences of ‘administrative oversight’.
Simon Sharwood Jul 26 2019 4:59PM Security
Queensland Police to roll out body cams to all frontline staff

Queensland Police to roll out body cams to all frontline staff

Brings camera fleet tally to 7700.
Matt Johnston Jul 26 2019 4:40PM Hardware
Amazon's cloud sales growth slows for first time in years

Amazon's cloud sales growth slows for first time in years

Push for one-day delivery dents profits.
Akanksha Rana and Jeffrey Dastin Jul 26 2019 12:20PM Financial Services
Opposition calls for network-based caller authentication

Opposition calls for network-based caller authentication

To stop call spoofing and scams, but ACMA's already on it.
Simon Sharwood Jul 26 2019 10:29AM Security
Feds' version of 'cutting edge' tech costs under $20k

Feds' version of 'cutting edge' tech costs under $20k

Someone needs to go back to school.
Matt Johnston Jul 26 2019 6:47AM Financial Services
Investa slashes software fleet and costs, adds digital twins

Investa slashes software fleet and costs, adds digital twins

Through digital twins and data analytics.
Matt Johnston Jul 26 2019 6:40AM Strategy
Apple to buy majority of Intel's modem chip business for US$1 billion

Apple to buy majority of Intel's modem chip business for US$1 billion

After chipmaker flagged 5G modem exit.
Staff Writer Jul 26 2019 6:25AM Strategy
Citing Australia, US Attorney General demands backdoors

Citing Australia, US Attorney General demands backdoors

'It can and must be done' says William Barr.
Simon Sharwood Jul 25 2019 4:15PM Security
Sydney Airport is continuing its facial recognition trials

Sydney Airport is continuing its facial recognition trials

But says system isn’t capturing images without passengers' consent.
Ry Crozier Jul 25 2019 12:29PM Hardware
Canadian govt invests $92m in satellite company

Canadian govt invests $92m in satellite company

To narrow broadband gap for remote areas.
Staff Writer Jul 25 2019 12:24PM Telco/ISP
Modded Mirai botnet behind massive application layer DDoS attack

Modded Mirai botnet behind massive application layer DDoS attack

Long onslaught generated 292,000 requests per second.
Juha Saarinen Jul 25 2019 12:06PM Security
Russian defence contractor developing smartphone spyware

Russian defence contractor developing smartphone spyware

Malware aimed at Android devices.
Joseph Menn Jul 25 2019 11:22AM Security
Bureau of Meteorology signs $16m hybrid cloud deal

Bureau of Meteorology signs $16m hybrid cloud deal

Unisys brought in to stand up infrastructure, upgrade WAN.
Ry Crozier Jul 25 2019 8:50AM Cloud
Telstra CEO Penn costed, then rejected, call centre repatriation

Telstra CEO Penn costed, then rejected, call centre repatriation

Now adding 4000-plus NBN customers a day.
Simon Sharwood Jul 25 2019 6:58AM Telco/ISP
Easily re-identified 'anonymised' data threatens privacy

Easily re-identified 'anonymised' data threatens privacy

Gaussian copula could trip GDPR trap.
Juha Saarinen Jul 25 2019 6:38AM Security
BASF, Siemens and others targeted with Winnti malware

BASF, Siemens and others targeted with Winnti malware

Fresh wave of attacks.
Staff Writer Jul 25 2019 6:22AM Security
Big Tech faces broad US antitrust probe

Big Tech faces broad US antitrust probe

Could companies be forcibly broken up?
David Shepardson Jul 25 2019 6:22AM Strategy
Qld govt to open $18m robotic manufacturing hub

Qld govt to open $18m robotic manufacturing hub

With QUT, Urban Art Projects.
Matt Johnston Jul 24 2019 3:51PM Projects

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