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- Telstra broke its network with undocumented time fix
on July 17, 2026 at 4:51 amLed to cascading faults.
- Notorious 1990s hacker held over €100 million-a-month fraud ringon July 17, 2026 at 3:28 am
Fourth brush with the law for Ehud “The Analyzer” Tenenbaum, who once hacked Pentagon and NASA.
- Colonial First State names data and AI group executiveon July 16, 2026 at 8:30 pm
Brings in ex-Smartgroup, Suncorp AI leader.
- Russian spies hunt for routers running legacy protocols with default credentialson July 16, 2026 at 6:51 am
FSB hackers quietly harvest router configurations.
- Qantas escapes formal OAIC probe over 2025 vishing breachon July 16, 2026 at 6:34 am
No failings by airline to protect personal information.
- Medical clinic chain Partnered Health hit by data thefton July 16, 2026 at 2:32 am
Sensitive personal information taken.
- Pentagon pauses cyber audit rule blamed for supplier exitson July 15, 2026 at 8:44 pm
Suspends next phase of cyber security certification program.
- Alinta Energy spins up AI system for executive insightson July 15, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Confidence score determines how to utilise outputs.
- Microsoft’s July security patch fest brings on the ‘bug apocalypse’on July 15, 2026 at 6:08 am
Over 600 CVEs listed, including exploited vulnerabilities.
- Australia to establish government AI officeon July 14, 2026 at 8:34 pm
To coordinate regulation.
- IBM warns AI boom squeezing software budgetson July 14, 2026 at 8:34 pm
Limited budgets diverted to hardware.
- US unseals charges, offers reward for info on alleged Russian hackerson July 14, 2026 at 8:34 pm
Accused of ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure.
- JB Hi-Fi Group finds new cyber security leaderon July 14, 2026 at 8:31 pm
Following departure of predecessor in April.
- Mobile telcos cautious on expanding emergency comms beyond voiceon July 14, 2026 at 3:35 am
Current regulations not ready for the change.
- Apple-notarised CrashStealer malware poses as macOS crash-reporting appon July 14, 2026 at 2:11 am
Polished product development employed for malware.
- AI agents are becoming the enterprise’s most privileged users. And most organisations don’t know it yeton July 13, 2026 at 11:42 pm
AI agents are outpacing identity governance.
- AI’s Next Challenge Isn’t Models — It’s Managing Data at Scaleon July 13, 2026 at 11:42 pm
AI’s future depends on strong data foundations.
- Microsoft fixes ‘RoguePlanet’ Defender zero-day as researcher finds new holeson July 13, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Defender disk-filling bug disclosed.
- Gov staff turn down tech vendor “gifts” in large numberson July 13, 2026 at 9:22 am
One seller responsible for 94 percent of all offers.
- Vocus positions for role in Meta’s Project Waterworthon July 13, 2026 at 4:05 am
New eastward route from Darwin in preparation.
