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Toll Group modernises network to bypass data centres
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (654+ words) Toll Group has started a network modernisation project that will eventually see it close data centres currently linking 250 sites around the world to its Azure and AWS cloud environments. Toll Group's head of technology David Linton told i Tnews that…...
Gov looks for upstream threat blocking by telcos, cloud operators
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (340+ words) The government wants to give telcos and cloud providers the power "to enable upstream blocking of cyber threats" as a key action under the second horizon of the Australian cyber security strategy. Upstream blocking is one of a number of…...
Meta accuses NSO Group of violating court order by Whats App spear phishing
1+ week, 1+ day ago (235+ words) Meta has accused NSO Group'of continuing to target its Whats App communications app despite widespread publicity and official and legal sanctions against the spyware vendor. Whats App said it caught and disrupted spear phishing attacks that it linked to NSO…...
TPG Telecom using AI to chase better customer NPS
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (504+ words) TPG Telecom is using AI to intervene in circumstances that could be detrimental to user experience, with a view to maintaining high sentiment scores. The telco's chief technology officer Giovanni Chiarelli demonstrated the concept at the company's investor day this…...
Telstra, Google Cloud take capacity on each other's networks
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (172+ words) Telstra has picked up Google Cloud as a customer on its national fibre network Aura, and will, in turn, take capacity on three of the hyperscaler's subsea cable systems. The agreement sees Google "secure intercity dark fibre capacity" on Aura,…...
Why resilient communications are becoming critical infrastructure for modern enterprise IT
2+ week, 2+ day ago (420+ words) The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published a report stressing that communication has evolved from a supportive role to "critical infrastructure, with organisations increasingly dependent on its availability. Modern enterprise IT, which leads the line against actors that…...
In Pictures: Rubrik & Harbor Solutions AUSCERT roundtable
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (107+ words) i Tnews In Pictures: Rubrik & Harbor Solutions AUSCERT roundtable In Pictures: Securing NHIs - Saviynt and AUSCERT roundtable Gamma invests to make Australian expansion a success In Pictures: Commvault & AUSCERT 'Res Ops' roundtable Crowd Strike, Google slay 'unkillable' Glassworm botnet targeting…...
ACCC greenlights Superloop, Lynham separation plan
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (327+ words) The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved a structural separation plan that will allow Superloop to complete its $165 million acquisition of rival, Lynham Networks. Superloop sought approval from the regulator for the joint structural separation plan last month, shortly…...
Victorian bulk porting scammer gets over two years in prison
4+ week, 1+ day ago (486+ words) A 35-year-old man from Lynbrook, south-east Melbourne, has received a prison sentence of two years and two months, with a 12-month non-parole period, for a bulk phone number porting scam. He was arrested in March last year, having tried to…...
NSW cyber cops bust alleged bullion-buying BEC bandits
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (47+ words) i Tnews NSW cyber cops bust alleged bullion-buying BEC bandits Flight Centre looking for cloud exits F5 patches 18-year-old AI-found 'Rift' vulnerability in NGINX web server NBN Co AI could give RSPs more network intelligence...