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Australia launches new initiative for blocking scam government texts
2,500 scam texts were blocked in 12 months as part of the government initiative’s pilot program.
Read MoreExtended COVID-19 lockdowns saw Woolworths Q1 online sales jump
Lockdowns in NSW, Victoria, and greater Auckland saw Woolworths customers during the first quarter shift their shopping online.
Read MoreMozilla Firefox cracks down on malicious add-ons used by 455,000 users
The troublesome add-ons misused an API that controlled how Firefox connected to the internet.
Read MoreNSW government IT project cost overruns down by 90% in five years
The introduction of an assurance program and the Digital Restart Fund have kept NSW government IT projects in check.
Read MoreSamsung leader fined for illegal use of sedative by a Seoul court
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has been fined approximately $74,000 by a court in Seoul for illegally administering the sedative propofol.
Read MoreKT clarifies routing error caused outage instead of DDoS attack
South Korea’s IT ministry is still investigating what caused KT’s nationwide outage of their network.
Read MoreHome Affairs in talks to give telcos more blocking powers against malicious messages
At Senate Estimates, Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo reiterated his department would be more aggressive in addressing cyber threats.
Read MoreServices Australia prepares to shift active legacy capabilities as part of WPIT overhaul
Service Australia’s WPIT program may be in its final year, but the agency has its sight set on other projects such as rolling out the myGov app and its birth of a child project.
Read MoreLarge DDoS attack shuts down KT’s nationwide network
Users of KT’s network were unable to access the internet for around 40 minutes, which the telco said was caused by a ‘large-scale DDoS attack’.
Read MoreAFP is looking to be ‘more aggressive’ with new cyber offensive arm
The AFP is in talks with the Five Eyes alliance about how it can implement a new cyber offensive operation.
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