Industry News
Espionage group hijacks rival's infrastructure
A Symantec report into the activities of the Waterbug espionage group revealed that the group appears to have hijacked the infrastructure of a rival group. [ + ]
Australian data centre market booming
The Australian data centre market has emerged as one of the four top data centre sub-markets in Asia–Pacific, and is continuing to grow. [ + ]
Smartphone authentication methods differ with age
Older smartphone users rely more heavily on their auto lock feature than younger people and prefer to unlock their phone with PINs, a study has shown. [ + ]
CSIRO's Data61 develops digital 'vaccine'
CSIRO's Data61 researchers have figured out a way to essentially 'vaccinate' AI and machine learning algorithms against adversarial attacks. [ + ]
Emerging technology companies to receive $2 billion boost
Emerging technology companies could access a share of $2 billion over five years to build and grow their businesses, under measures unveiled by NAB. [ + ]
NZ's UFB uptake highest in regional areas
New Zealand's Ultrafast Broadband fibre network now covers nearly 1.5m premises in 70 towns and cities, and regional areas are leading its adoption. [ + ]
Learning-integrated work could help workers prepare for the digital future
Learning and work need to converge if workers are going to thrive in the digital future, according to a new report. [ + ]
Almost $110,000 lost to NBN scams each month
Scammers pretending to be NBN Co are costing consumers more than $110,000 a month on average in 2019, the Australian Competitor and Consumer Commission warns. [ + ]
Half of APAC employees engaging in shadow IT
Research from Snow Software indicates that 49% of APAC employees are accessing software and applications without IT's permission. [ + ]
ACU discloses data breach
The Australian Catholic University has revealed that some staff email accounts and university systems were compromised in a phishing attack-based data breach. [ + ]
Dropbox opens local hosting environment
Dropbox has opened a new local sovereign hosting environment for Australian and New Zealand business customers within the AWS Sydney Region. [ + ]
Exim vulnerability now being exploited
A newly uncovered worm seeks to exploit the recently disclosed vulnerability in Exim, the platform that is used by well over half of the world's email servers. [ + ]
Australian CRM market grows 19.4% in 2018
Australian spending on customer relationship management software increased 19.4% to $2.3bn during 2018, Gartner estimates. [ + ]
Queensland allocates $8m for FibreCo project
The Queensland Government has allocated funding for a project to open access to government-owned fibre assets to telecommunications service providers. [ + ]
Wi-Fi market shows no sign of slowing after 20 years
ABI Research has predicted that shipments of Wi-Fi enabled devices will grow to reach nearly 4bn annually by 2024. [ + ]
