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The allocation of $58 million by the Federal Government to establish a National Anti-Scam Centre has been welcomed by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) in the face of Australians losing billions of dollars to scams.

A senior IT security practitioner has played down the chances of AI tool ChatGPT being used to develop professional ransomware right now, even though there have been reports that the tool has been used to build basic malware.

Australian listed satellite provider Kleos Space has confirmed that the launch of its second satellite cluster, the Polar Vigilance Mission will take place tomorrow, 29 June.

Gobal  Intelligence-driven cyber solutions provider Anomali has announced a partnership with  Australian threat intelligence company Cybermerc.

Qualcomm has announced real-world test results demonstrating that 5G mmWave connectivity speeds on commercial devices is 16 times faster than 5G operating solely in sub-6 GHz frequencies.

The United States has alleged that the Russian security agency known as the Foreign Intelligence Service was responsible for the attack on the supply chain of SolarWinds Orion network management software.

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Communications and data centre provider Macquarie Telecom has launched a new SD-LAN service stimulated by what it says is increased demand from its customers for greater performance, automation and intelligence in Wi-Fi networks, and cloud connectivity.

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Competition agencies from five countries including Australia’s ACCC have signed a new cooperation agreement to better coordinate investigations across international borders and share intelligence, case theories and investigative techniques.

Surfware company RipCurl has worked with software behemoth Microsoft to use its hybrid data integration solution Azure Data Factory to handle the extract, transform, load (ETL) processes required to transition from Rip Curl’s previous on-premises platforms to Azure, which houses the company's data warehouse.

The ability of Australia’s enforcement agencies to operate effectively in a digital environment where bad actors have increasingly employed encrypted communications to attempt to conceal their activities from authorities, has been identified by lobby group Communications Alliance as one of the key objectives to be considered in Federal Parliament’s review of amendments to the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act.

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of China’s Alibaba Group, is partnering with multinational consumer goods company Unilever, in an initiative designed to enable Unilever to action next-generation digital marketing campaigns. 

Australian Government plans for a facial recognition identification and surveillance scheme are “dangerously overbroad, lack safeguards” and could dramatically alter the freedom of ordinary people going about their daily lives, according to the Human Rights Law Centre.

Global analytics software firm SAS claims it is helping governments improve policy making and security analysis.

What can one person do to combat the evils of human trafficking? Can we, as technology professionals, use our skills to effect good in the world? The answer is yes, says the Global Emancipation Network.

Samsung has introduced a "new strategy to unify IoT services under SmartThings, in addition to the next-generation Bixby 2.0, and advanced AR capabilities on more Galaxy smartphones".

Monash University has won an A$18 million research contract to enhance the performance of the US intelligence community.

Internet Australia chief Laurie Patton has started 2017 in much the same way he ended 2016, calling on the Australian Government to institute a new parliamentary inquiry into the Data Retention Act.

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