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itnews.com.au > news > phishers-abuse-little-known-core-internet-infrastructure-623948

Phishers abuse little-known core Internet infrastructure

2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (614+ words) Threat actors have discovered a creative misuse of reverse domain name system (DNS) delegation to deliver phishing campaigns through a part of the domain name system that was never designed to host websites. In doing so, the attackers are exploiting…...

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itnews.com.au > news > telstra-quietly-stops-leosat-rollout-across-remote-mobile-sites-623838

Telstra quietly stops LEOsat rollout across remote mobile sites

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (700+ words) Telstra has stopped migrating its remote small cell mobile base stations onto low earth orbit satellites backhaul until its constellation provider, Eutelsat OneWeb, can get more craft into service. A spokesperson for Telstra confirmed to iTnews that the carrier had…...

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itnews.com.au > news > nbn-co-defends-satellite-share-as-amazon-leo-trials-near-623724

NBN Co defends satellite share as Amazon Leo trials near

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (614+ words) NBN Co has moved aggressively to retain share of the broadband satellite market as it moves to start to offering services on Amazon's faster low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. The national network builder is proposing to offer Amazon's LEOsat services…...

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itnews.com.au > news > researchers-find-critical-vulnerabilities-in-cloud-based-password-managers-623661

Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in cloud-based password managers

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (891+ words) Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Z'rich) have discovered serious vulnerabilities in popular, cloud-based password managers that allowed them to view and modify stored passphrases. The result was achieved despite vendors such as Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass…...

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itnews.com.au > news > sydney-metro-quietly-abandoned-m1-5g-network-hopes-623496

Sydney Metro quietly abandoned M1 5G network hopes

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (865+ words) A spokesperson for Sydney Metro said that while the 5G network service was once considered desirable, it was never formally within the project's scope. Nevertheless, the public transport project operator is currently trying to sell a huge stockpile of excess optical…...

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itnews.com.au > news > fibre-now-the-dominant-tech-in-nbn-cos-network-mix-623571

Fibre now the "dominant" tech in NBN Co's network mix

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (873+ words) NBN Co says that fibre is now the dominant broadband connection technology used in its network, as its overbuild program starts to enter high gear. The company's chief executive Ellie Sweeney said the number of premises on fibre reached 2.99 million…...

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itnews.com.au > news > government-entities-not-reporting-cyber-incidents-to-asd-623556

Government entities not reporting cyber incidents to ASD

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (43+ words) Government entities not reporting cyber incidents to ASD'iTnews Fibre now the "dominant" tech in NBN Co's network mix ASIC's most senior tech leader to leave in May AMP deploys over 400 AI agents across organisation Government entities not reporting cyber incidents…...

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itnews.com.au > news > optus-traces-mobile-outage-to-database-software-update-glitch-623540

Optus traces mobile outage to database software update glitch

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (537+ words) Optus operates four of the databases, known as Home Location Registers (HLR), across its network for load balancing and resiliency purposes. The remaining three HLRs were not affected by the update snafu, explaining the unpredictable way that the outage manifested....

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itnews.com.au > news > department-of-comms-reveals-text-based-triple-zero-pilot-is-close-623509

Department of Comms reveals text-based triple zero pilot is close

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (526+ words) The federal government has revealed that it is working on establishing a technical trial that could lead to the establishment of Australia's first mass adoption text-to-triple zero relay service. Department of Communications officials today confirmed that the government was close…...

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itnews.com.au > news > mystery-optus-mobile-glitch-impacts-over-100000-users-623492

Mystery Optus mobile glitch impacts over 100,000 users

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (318+ words) Optus is still trying to determine the cause of a mobile service outage that is understood to have impacted over 100,000 customers. An Optus spokesperson told iTnews that the carrier was aware of an issue affecting "some" of its customers. The…...