Suspected Iranian hackers target airline with new backdoorThe attack was performed by abusing the Slack workspace application.December 16, 2021 by Charlie Osborne in Security
Variant of Phorpiex botnet used for cryptocurrency attacks in Ethopia, Nigeria, India and moreAt least $500,000 worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen from thousands of victims thanks to a variant of the prolific Phorpiex botnet.December 16, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Security
Quantum computing now has an out-of-this-world problem: Cosmic raysA new paper authored by Google Quantum AI researchers details an invisible threat to the promising future of quantum computing.December 16, 2021 by Michael Gariffo in Quantum Computing
AI, cryptocurrency and machine learning top Coursera popularity list for UKGoogle, Stanford University, Princeton University and Yale University all had courses in the top 15 for UK-based Coursera users.December 16, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Education
Barclays taps HPE GreenLake to host its private cloudThe bank will use the HPE GreenLake platform to host more than 100,000 workloads across strategic hubs in the UK, USA and Asia.December 16, 2021 by Stephanie Condon in Cloud
Victims awarded $18 million in GirlsDoPorn online video case, boss on the runThe sex trafficking case impacts hundreds of victims, including young women seeking modeling work.December 15, 2021 by Charlie Osborne in Security
Canberra throws another AU$253m at digital economy initiatives in MYEFOAn additional AU$252.5 million over four years will be spent on implementing further initiatives under the digital economy strategy.December 15, 2021 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Digital Transformation
Dell floats concept of Pari webcam that can stick to monitorsHardware giant shows off various concepts that might be the future, or might not.December 15, 2021 by Chris Duckett in Hardware
How AWS Marketplace is pushing faster product innovationAWS has created a model in which its own products and competitors compete on a level playing field for customer loyalty and sales.December 15, 2021 by Zeus Kerravala in E-Commerce
CDR expansion to let accredited third parties make payments for customersCustomers will now have more options for how to go about switching accounts under the CDR regime.December 15, 2021 by Campbell Kwan in Innovation
Whoop 4.0 review: in picturesThe Whoop 4.0 is much more than a detailed sleep tracker and people who work out regularly will see more benefits than those who lead a sedentary life. It's a great way to understand your body and optimize your workout regime.December 15, 2021 by Matthew Miller in Mobility
Digital ID age verification trials for online alcohol purchases in Australia underwayA Freedom of Information request has indicated that private beta testing to determine the plausibility of digital verification services offered by the likes Mastercard commenced in September.December 15, 2021 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Innovation
OAIC determines AFP interfered with privacy of Australians after using Clearview AIAn investigation into the Australian Federal Police has shown it has not taken any steps to improve its privacy practices since using Clearview AI's facial recognition tool without the backing of an appropriate legislative framework.December 15, 2021 by Campbell Kwan in Security
Home Affairs releases second Critical Infrastructure Bill with leftover obligationsThis new Bill contains obligations that were excluded from the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Act 2021.December 15, 2021 by Campbell Kwan in Security
India to throw billions at creating semiconductor manufacturing ecosystemSubcontinent to part with $30 billion to create semiconductor manufacturing hubs producing chips, displays, batteries, and networking equipment.December 15, 2021 by Chris Duckett in Hardware
US Senate passes $768 billion defense bill without cyber incident reporting provisionsThe bill includes a National Cyber Exercise program that will test the country's cyber preparedness and a "CyberSentry" provision to monitor critical infrastructure.December 15, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Government: US
US and Australia enter CLOUD Act agreement for cross-border access to electronic evidenceNegotiations between the two countries regarding an agreement had been in development for over two years.December 15, 2021 by Campbell Kwan in Security
CSIRO and Boeing ink five-year AU$41 million R&D dealOver the next few years, CSIRO and Boeing will ramp up projects using AI, machine learning, and creating digital twins.December 15, 2021 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Innovation