Industry News
Cloudwerx joins OpenAI Services Partner program
Australian company Cloudwerx has joined the OpenAI Services Partner program as it builds out its generative AI consultancy capabilities. [ + ]
Gartner predicts Australian orgs to spend $7.5b on infosec in 2026
Gartner has predicted that Australian organisations will spend more than $7.5 billion on information security in 2026, an increase of 9.5% from 2025. [ + ]
Sharon AI deploying massive NVIDIA B200 cluster
Neocloud provider Sharon AI is working with Lenovo to deploy a 1000 GPU NVIDIA B200 cluster at a NextDC data centre in Melbourne. [ + ]
Unit42 discloses severe flaw in Google's Gemini
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 have detailed their discovery of a high-severity vulnerability in Google's Gemini Live in Chrome AI feature. [ + ]
Anthropic opening Australian office
AI safety and research company Anthropic is opening an office in Sydney to be able to better support its customers from Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
Macquarie gets $200m investment from NRFC
Macquarie Technology Group is the recipient of the largest investment by the government's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation in a single company. [ + ]
SentinelOne unveils identity security portfolio
SentinelOne has developed its security platform with capabilities aimed at safeguarding businesses against sophisticated identity-based attacks. [ + ]
Cortical Labs launches biological data centre in Melbourne
Startup Cortical Labs says it is offering the government a practical alternative to energy-intensive AI expansion using living brain-like cells. [ + ]
Bitdefender identifies new malware attack model
Bitdefender researchers have identified an attack technique known as vibeware, which involves using AI to develop large volumes of malware in niche languages. [ + ]
TeamViewer integrates further with Microsoft Intune
TeamViewer has announced a deeper integration with Microsoft Intune to enable IT teams to use both platforms without needing to switch tools. [ + ]
Genetec launches cloud-native physical security tool
Genetec's Cloudlink 2210 has been designed to help enterprises complete complex deployments of cloud-managed physical security systems. [ + ]
VAST Data partners with CrowdStrike to secure AI stack
VAST Data and CrowdStrike have partnered to bring threat detection and response capabilities to the environments where AI systems are built and operated. [ + ]
Red Hat, NVIDIA, Palo Alto partner on AI-native telecom
Red Hat, NVIDIA and Palo Alto have joined forces to develop a solution for helping network operators transition into AI-native telcos. [ + ]
Critical alert: exploitation of Cisco SD-WAN appliances
The Australian Cyber Security Centre urges immediate action over a critical alert regarding an ongoing vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN appliances. [ + ]
Tenable warns of supply chain attack on npm Registry
A malicious app added to the npm Registry had been downloaded around 50,000 times in the five hours before it was removed, according to Tenable Research. [ + ]
