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Australia will help fund and build an underseas communications cable to the Solomon Islands, it was agreed Wednesday, after the Pacific nation was convinced to drop a contract with Chinese company...
Property Industry Has Been Caught Off Guard, Expert SaysLate last year in Australia, cybercriminals began targeting a fertile yet relatively poorly protected business sector for so-called business...
With Europe's GDPR enforcement set to take effect on May 25, Australian organizations vary in readiness. Steve Ingram of PwC says it's not too late for companies to prepare for GDPR, but it will...
Australia's troubled Commonwealth Bank admitted Thursday it had lost financial records for almost 20 million customers in a major security blunder -- but insisted there was no need to worry. read more
A new species of pygmy squid was discovered in Western Australia. It's pretty cute. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...
Credit Bureau Acted 'Unconscionably' With Vulnerable People, ACCC allegesEquifax has a new problem in Australia, a country that was left unscathed by the credit bureau's devastating data breach....
Pro: Payment System Confirms Recipient Information. Con: It Could Be AbusedAustralia's real-time payments platform, which launched last week, includes a feature designed to reduce fraud and...
The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have joined the United Kingdom in officially blaming Russia for the destructive NotPetya attack launched last summer. Moscow has denied the...
Payments Are Speedy But Irreversible; Will Fraud Rise?Australia is the latest country to roll out real-time payments, where funds from an account at one bank reach an account at another bank in...
This story of leaked Australian government secrets is unlike any other I've heard: It begins at a second-hand shop in Canberra, where ex-government furniture is sold off cheaply. The deals can be...