Bank rewrote ads for infosec jobs to stop scaring away women Blokes happily bluffed; women played it by the book, leaving the bank struggling to hire Security04 Apr 2023 | 111
Australia takes its turn to kick TikTok off government kit Even a politician who visited China last week has binned the app Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 6
Australian bank stops handling cash at the counter in some branches Crikey! Get those banknotes to an ATM, mate! Software04 Apr 2023 | 40
Australian FinTech takes itself offline to deal with cyber incident that caused data leak Latitude blames a 'major vendor' for its woes. Is that a vendor? A cloud? Whoever they are, they're in trouble Cyber-crime21 Mar 2023 | 4
Aussie tech worker payroll scheme operators found guilty of tax fraud Contractors left hanging while principals splurged on luxury goods Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 19
Infosys founder slams working from home, side hustles, as slowing India's growth Asia in brief PLUS: Australia to appoint cyber-coordinator; FTX Japan resumes operations; India's PC market bucks trend with growth; and more Off-Prem27 Feb 2023 | 29
Toshiba COO dumped over entertainment expenses scandal Asia In Brief PLUS: Chinese province to buy four million servers; Google Cloud's nine-day APAC network glitch; and more Legal19 Feb 2023 | 1
Australia gives made-in-China CCTV cams the boot The usual suspects - Hikvision and Dahua - named as a risk to national security, prompting the usual denials Security10 Feb 2023 | 37
Australian government doxxed citizens who criticized illegal 'Robodebt' scheme Asia In Brief PLUS: India is the new China for Apple; Sushi licking vid scandalizes Japan; Chinese spy balloon shot down; India's new Amazon tax Legal05 Feb 2023 | 40
China stops recognizing online study, orders kids back to foreign unis Asia In Brief PLUS: NTT’s haptics advance; Australia cracks down on influencers; Korean Uni websites hit by Chinese protestors; and more On-Prem30 Jan 2023 | 6
India floats plan to make big tech pay for news, walks back government censorship Asia In Brief PLUS: Taiwan’s new supercomputer; China-linked cybercrims strike; Australian content clampdown; and more Security23 Jan 2023 | 2
Atlassian CEO's bonkers scheme to pipe electricity from Australia to Singapore collapses Analysis 4,000km extension cords are hard to build On-Prem22 Jan 2023 | 64
Punch-drunk Apple Watch called 15 cops to a boxing workout when it heard 'shots' Hey Siri, did you know know that swatting is a bug, not a feature? Offbeat19 Jan 2023 | 69
Devil's lettuce: Toxic weed harvested with baby spinach causing delirium in Australia Salads recalled after consumers report hallucinations, dilated pupils, and worse Offbeat19 Dec 2022 | 22
Toshiba breaks its silence on sales rumors, to quash them Asia In Brief PLUS: FTX may be sold in Japan and Singapore; Binance busted in Australia; India won’t limit gaming time Legal18 Dec 2022 |
Microsoft Teams: A vector for child sexual abuse material with a two-day processing time for complaints Redmond and Cupertino criticized for slow and weak responses by Australian regulator Security16 Dec 2022 | 17
Japan, Australia to bolster cyber-defenses, maybe offensive capacity too Asia In Brief FTX Japan payment promise evaporates; VR/AR to boom across APAC; Google wins privacy case Security11 Dec 2022 | 2
Uber fined $14m for lying to get customers to ditch cabs Australian app let you book actual taxis – at inflated prices Personal Tech07 Dec 2022 | 21
Meta threatens to stop sharing news in USA to protest publisher payment plan Good luck with that, Zuck – remember how it worked out in Australia? Legal06 Dec 2022 | 72
Square Kilometre Array Observatory construction commences World's biggest radio telescope to have first parts up and running by 2024 Science05 Dec 2022 | 49
Microsoft hikes prices in India by up to eleven percent Asia In Brief PLUS: Eight million more outsourced jobs for India; Australia warns on IoT shoe risks; Equinix enters Malaysia Software04 Dec 2022 | 4
Australian exchange pauses project to move stocks to blockchain Distributed ledger design slowed transactions, smart contracts were not so smart Software17 Nov 2022 | 31
Australia to 'stand up and punch back' against cyber crims Creates 100-strong squad comprising cops and spooks with remit to disrupt ransomware ops Cyber-crime14 Nov 2022 | 27
Australia blames Russia for harboring health insurance hackers Crims accessed 10 million customer records and are releasing intimate medical details Cyber-crime11 Nov 2022 | 21
Breached health insurer won't pay ransom to protect customers, warns of more attacks Australia's Medibank uses a government-approved Band-Aid to cover a gaping 10-milion-record wound Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 14
Dell hit with Oz court case for misleading prices on monitors Watchdog claims add-ons to computer purchases appeared to be discounted but did not reflect the standalone RRP Personal Tech04 Nov 2022 | 4
You fire 'em, we'll hire 'em: Atlassian sees tech layoffs as HR heaven But investors aren't impressed by losses and unpleasant outlook Off-Prem04 Nov 2022 | 13
China reminds world shock and ore can hurt tech supply chains Nice chip and EV factories you're building there. Would be a shame if they couldn't get any rare earths to work with Off-Prem03 Nov 2022 | 55
Health insurer Medibank's data breach diagnosis keeps getting worse All four million customers at risk of having records of medical treatments exposed Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 11
Blazing South Korean datacenter operator raided by cops, blames its own batteries Asia In Brief PLUS: Australia boosts data breach fines; India outlet drops Meta allegations; AWS spices up Thailand's cloud; and more Off-Prem24 Oct 2022 | 2
Health insurer's infosec incident diagnosis goes from 'take a chill pill' to emergency ward Updated Australia's Medibank says it's been shown stolen data that includes details of treatments administered to customers Cyber-crime20 Oct 2022 | 12
Optus data breach prompts pincer movement of twin regulatory probes Data retention requirements to be considered alongside infosec failings Security11 Oct 2022 | 4
Oz Apple Store staff vote to strike for better pay, settled rosters, clean shirts Some plan to take a whole hour off Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 11
Singtel confirms digital burglary at Dialog subsidiary Second of Singapore telco's Australian businesses to be prised open by criminals in weeks Cyber-crime10 Oct 2022 |
Delivery drone crashes into power lines, causes outage Google-owned Wing said it was a 'precautionary controlled landing' – right into 11,000 volts Edge + IoT30 Sep 2022 | 42
Australia asks FBI to help find attacker who stole data from millions of users +Comment Apparent perp claims to have deleted swiped info as carrier Optus struggles to get its story straight Security28 Sep 2022 | 21
Significant customer data exposed in attack on Australian telco Updated Subscribers have questions – like 'When were you going to tell us?' Cyber-crime23 Sep 2022 | 14
Australian quantum startup enlists GlobalFoundries to develop mass qubit production Company claims tech can detect quantum information at room temperature Systems07 Sep 2022 |
China orders tech companies to 'improve traceability' of users to control 'rumours and false information' PLUS: Australia mints a physical crypto-coin; Alibaba Cloud claims world's biggest DC; India’s space airbags; and more Security05 Sep 2022 | 3
Woman forced to sell 4-bed house after crypto exchange wrongly refunded $7.2m Payment from Crypto.com was off by five zeroes because bank account number was mistakenly entered Offbeat31 Aug 2022 | 102
China-linked APT40 gang targets wind farms, Australian government ScanBox installed after victims lured to fake Murdoch news sites with phishing emails Cyber-crime31 Aug 2022 | 7
Australian wasps threaten another passenger plane, with help from COVID-19 A350 saved from peril by sharp-eyed ground crew Offbeat19 Aug 2022 | 108
Airbnb turns its anti-partying tech on American lodgers Looking to book a large house on a weekend? You'll have to clear a few hurdles Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 19
Australian court overturns 'Google is a publisher' decision Precedent essentially meant that search results could be considered defamatory, which is dumb Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 43
Elon Musk wrote article for China's internet regulator, hinted at aged care robots Asia in Brief PLUS Vietnam's massive infosec push; Philippines telco fight; Australia dumps COVID app; and more Security14 Aug 2022 | 31
Google fined $42.5m over misleading Android location settings in Australia Ad behemoth committed to 'providing the most helpful products possible' Legal12 Aug 2022 | 14
Court voids 34,000 unfair Fuji Xerox contracts Required customers to pay for software they did not receive, among other sins Legal12 Aug 2022 | 26
Aussies crowdsource a business case for central bank digital currencies Ring-fenced tests planned, despite previous regulatory skepticism about the need for fiat digi-dollars Software09 Aug 2022 | 21
India proposes increased power to vet tech mergers Asia In brief Chinese phone makers' tax deals probed; PayPal back in Indonesia; Boeing seeks sustainability in Japan; and more Legal08 Aug 2022 |
Financial exchange's efforts to replace core systems with blockchain founder – again Accenture roped in to find the weakest link Software04 Aug 2022 | 15
Funds sought for first submarine cable to Antarctica Will also be first cable to go from South America to Australia Off-Prem01 Aug 2022 | 17
Spyware developer charged by Australian Police after 14,500 sales Asia In Brief PLUS: India open to space tourism; China/Indonesia infosec pact; Paytm denies breach; Infosys dodges government again; and more Security01 Aug 2022 | 2
Australia bins $41m app contracted to Accenture Asia In Brief Plus: Chinese chips supported in key management spec; Singapore/UK digital services pact; Fujitsu's vision for oldies; and more Software11 Jul 2022 | 6
Samsung fined $14 million for misleading smartphone water resistance claims Promoted phones as ready for a dunking – forgot to mention known problems with subsequent recharges Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 41
Five Eyes alliance’s top cop says techies are the future of law enforcement Crims have weaponized tech and certain States let them launder the proceeds Cyber-crime09 Jun 2022 | 15
Police lab wants your happy childhood pictures to train AI to detect child abuse Updated Like the Hotdog, Not Hotdog app but more Kidnapped, Not Kidnapped AI + ML03 Jun 2022 | 55
Australian digital driving licenses can be defaced in minutes Brute force attack leaves the license wide open for undetectable alteration, but back end data remains unchanged Research30 May 2022 | 56
China offering ten nations help to run their cyber-defenses and networks Sure, they’re small Pacific nations, but they’re in very strategic locations Security27 May 2022 | 25
Facebook deliberately took down Australian government pages during pay-for-news negotiations: report Whistleblowers say takedowns were used as leverage, Facebook disagrees Legal06 May 2022 | 19
Epic Games' court dates with Apple and Google pushed into 2024 Judge ponders battle royale between all three to avoid unhelpful overlaps Legal05 Apr 2022 | 9
Blockchain powered stock market rebuild started in 2017 delayed again COBOL and Itanium to keep the job well into 2023 – past original 2020 go-live date Software28 Mar 2022 | 24
Distributor dumps Kaspersky to show solidarity with Ukraine Security software vendor saddened but says its channel is holding firm Security25 Mar 2022 | 33