iTnews.
- Australian gov, media networks reached by Israeli firm’s spy ads
on October 16, 2026 at 7:34 amAds tied to mercenary spyware turned up on ANSTO and critical infrastructure networks.
- Shopify tells Australian store to stay shut after hijacked extensions divert shopperson October 16, 2026 at 7:17 am
Malicious Javascript in add-ons sent shoppers to fake checkouts.
- ASIC’s security and data chiefs to leave in Decemberon October 15, 2026 at 8:58 pm
Corporate watchdog now wants a CISO, CDAO and “contract CTO”.
- TPG runs 5G network slicing trial for eftpos paymentson October 15, 2026 at 2:28 pm
At Royal Adelaide Show.
- In Pictures: Governing the agents of chaos Saviynt Melbourne roundtableon October 15, 2026 at 1:39 pm
A selection of photos from a recent iTnews roundtable lunch at Woodside – Pan Pacific in Melbourne.
- iTnews Benchmark Awards now open to entrieson October 15, 2026 at 4:56 am
Celebrating Australia’s most outstanding IT projects and leaders.
- Fuse Technology provides cyber security guaranteeon October 15, 2026 at 1:00 am
Winner at techpartner.news Impact Awards. Hear from Chuong Mai-Viet, managing director at Fuse Technology.
- ASD’s Essential Eight replacement moves away from maturity ladderon October 14, 2026 at 8:28 pm
Organisations will report security area by area.
- TfNSW’s ‘Project Guardian’ senses rail corridor, highway incursionson October 14, 2026 at 7:00 am
Trial uses technology sourced from multiple vendors.
- Microsoft floats “risk cohorts” as patch load hits record sizeon October 14, 2026 at 6:44 am
Tsunami of monthly fixes tops 1400 in October.
- US raids 40 laptop farms for North Korean IT workerson October 14, 2026 at 6:42 am
But researchers expect disruption of “Famous Chollima” to be short-lived.
- Attackers chain three Ivanti VPN zero-days for root accesson October 13, 2026 at 8:46 pm
One of the flaws awaits fix.
- Kogan taps AI agent to handle customer serviceon October 13, 2026 at 8:45 pm
Handling everything from order status to initiating returns.
- Investigators hunt French supermarket fridge hackerson October 13, 2026 at 8:32 pm
No claim of responsibility.
- AI limiting workers’ wage bargaining poweron October 13, 2026 at 8:32 pm
Central bank’s chief economist says.
- Your permissions were fine. Until someone could just ask AI.on October 13, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The five stages between a Copilot licence and a result, and what an assessment turns up on the way.
- Defence quiet on Australia’s role in Five Eyes AI program Arcadiaon October 12, 2026 at 8:52 pm
As New Zealand puts six-year build on Arcadia participation.
- Microsoft president says milk faces more regulation than AIon October 12, 2026 at 8:24 pm
Safety requirements debate continues.
- Hackers exploit firmware flaw to heat supermarket fridgeson October 12, 2026 at 8:24 pm
Sparking fires and spoiling food.
- REA Group scales personalisation across both sides of its marketplaceon October 12, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Applying B2C concepts to B2B customers.
