This Month
Microsoft alliance opens door to private spending on national security
Former national cybersecurity adviser Alastair MacGibbon says the government cannot hope to fight off cyber threats without big-money private operators.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- AI
Microsoft’s new $5b Aussie deal is a massive tech land grab
The tech giant’s Australian investment is a significant move to commandeer two of the biggest and most lucrative global technology bandwagons.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Funding
High-profile founders cash in as tech investor confidence returns
Big funding rounds are returning to the Australian tech centres and Local Measure and Darwinium are the latest to raise without hurting their valuations.
- Paul Smith and Tess Bennett
Engineers and cyber talent earn big bucks as other tech workers suffer
Day rates for most IT contractors are failing to keep pace with inflation, but cybersecurity experts and software developers are doing just fine.
- Euan Black
NAB, CBA switch on digital identity checking service
ConnectID is live at two major banks, with two more to follow, making transacting easier for SMEs, real estate agents and sellers of alcohol.
- James Eyers
The risks Australian executives aren’t preparing for
Company leaders and board directors are confident they understand their supply chains, but they have not considered a range of key risks.
- Max Mason
Atlassian hit by Chinese state-linked hackers
US tech giant Microsoft has observed break-ins to companies through a vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence software since mid-September.
- Nick Bonyhady
Done deal: Telstra buys cloud services biz Versent for $268m
Telstra boss Vicky Brady has made her first big M&A play.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Cyber insurers cut their premiums, but demand you do more
The industry has weathered a storm of spiralling claims and soaring costs, but better premiums are only on offer to customers who tool up for the next crisis.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Court ruling nears on Optus cyberattack report
A Federal Court justice is expected to rule shortly on whether Optus can stop a report by Deloitte on its 2022 cyberattack from being released.
- Jenny Wiggins
Cocoon Data hires MA Moelis to sell secure-file-sharing business
Fliers landed in the inboxes of prospective buyers, with initial non-binding indicative offers expected early next month.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
September
Reluctant to learn: how we opened the door to cyberattacks
As Australia’s corporate regulator prepares to turn up the heat on directors and executives after a year of major breaches, employees are also in the frame.
- John Davidson
PwC client hit in housing industry data hack
The Housing Industry Association began telling customers that some personal information that it shared with PwC in 2016 had been taken.
- Max Mason
HWL Ebsworth says ‘business as usual’ after hack
Australia largest legal partnership says its profitability remains “well above industry average”.
- Michael Pelly
Australia’s five most powerful tech leaders for 2023
From a funding winter to cyberattacks and the rise of artificial intelligence, it has been a big year for Australian techies.
- Paul Smith
Chinese students terrified as scammers reap millions
All scams are horrible, but what is going on here is particularly horrible, says the ACCC’s Catriona Lowe, as international students scammed of $8 million.
- Julie Hare
Pizza Hut hacked, customer data and orders taken
The hackers claim to have obtained data on 30 million customer orders along with a much smaller amount of personal information such as phone numbers and addresses.
- Nick Bonyhady
Australia to lean on Quad to fix ‘wantonly unsafe’ software
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil wants Australia’s partnership with the US, Japan and India to force companies to stop shipping products with flaws.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Analysis
- Cyber Summit
Why Australia is losing the battle for cyber resilience
The Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit showed a desire for national cyber resilience, but without change we won’t get there.
- James Turner
Tesserent shareholders back $176 million takeover
Cybersecurity firm Tesserent is set to leave the ASX after shareholders backed a plan to sell the company to French giant Thales.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
