| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Free Wi-Fi is a powerful marketing tool Written by Ray Shaw Millennials have no inhibitions when it comes to trading personal data for goods or services - baby boomers are a little more sceptical. Free Wi-Fi… Read more... Why does the ABC need two 24-hour news services? Written by Sam Varghese In an age which is largely digital at the corporate level, duplication can be avoided easily and content that is generated by one service used… Read more... Patton has Morrow, NBN Co in his sights over ‘derogatory’ attack on IA Written by Peter Dinham Laurie Patton, the recently departed chief executive of Internet Australia, wants a public apology from NBN Co chief Bill Morrow over what he says was… Read more... Malwarebytes says in 2016 threat reality caught up with hype Written by Ray Shaw Malwarebytes' latest global state of malware report states, “2016 – the year threat reality caught up with the threat hype". Read more... Security expert evaluates ASD's eight cyber security steps Written by Ray Shaw The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) released its “essential eight“ cyber security steps that business, enterprise, and government should take to help protect themselves against cyber… Read more... Asia Pac cyber attacks up by a third: report Written by Sam Varghese Cyber attacks in the Asia Pacific region rose by 35% year-on-year, with organisations being targeted more and more by fraud attacks. Read more... SMS phishing on the up Written by Ray Shaw First via email, and now by the invasion of your mobile phone, phishing has gone SMS and is one of the next major attack vectors. Read more... Epson launches six new mid-range business projectors Written by Ray Shaw Epson has launched its new 2000-series, a range of six new data projectors aimed at small to mid-sized business. All fall in the range of… Read more... Vault 7: CIA seems to be making America unsafe again Written by Sam Varghese While US President Donald Trump is working to make America great again, the CIA appears to be hard at work to make the country unsafe… Read more... Vault 7: WikiLeaks to help firms patch CIA exploits Written by Sam Varghese WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange says the organisation will share unpublished data from its CIA document dump with technology companies to enable them to fix vulnerabilities… Read more... This Morning Students to go head to head in cyber games competition Written by Peter Dinham Optus Business, La Trobe University, Cisco and Quantum Victoria have joined forces to launch Cyber Games, a competition designed to nurture the next generation of… Read more... Nokia extends NZ-managed services contract with Chorus Written by Peter Dinham Nokia has inked a three-year renewal of its managed services agreement with Chorus, New Zealand's largest telecommunications infrastructure company. Read more... Akamai report reinforces need for NBN completion, says NBN Co Written by Peter Dinham NBN Co, the company building Australia’s National Broadband Network, says the latest Akamai State of the Internet connectivity report demonstrates the need to complete the… Read more... SMEs more positive about technology as concerns over tech costs diminish Written by Peter Dinham Small and medium businesses say attracting new customers, as well as managing cashflows and late payments, are the greatest pressures they face this year. But,… Read more... Samsung heir denies bribery charges as trial opens Written by Sam Varghese Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong has told the Seoul Central District Court that he is innocent of bribery and other criminal charges levelled against him… Read more... Lexar 256GB microSD U3 card now here Written by Ray Shaw Lexar has launched its 256GB Professional 1000x microSD UHS-II (U3) card at $449.95 to cater for most new mobile phones and digital devices that have… Read more... AMD Naples targets servers and data centres Written by Ray Shaw AMD has revealed plans for its Naples line of x86 processors with more cores, more memory capacity, and more I/O than current offerings. Read more... Cisco exec's 'six imperatives' for IT Written by Stephen Withers Cisco executive president for worldwide sales and field operations Chris Dedicoat has told an audience of thousands that there are "six imperatives" for organisations. Read more... Australia 51st globally for fixed Internet speeds Written by Ray Shaw Australia now leads the Asia-Pacific region for average mobile Internet speeds at 13.8Mbps, but it is 51st in fixed broadband speeds with an average of… Read more... Sennheiser personal sound for TV and music (review) Written by Ray Shaw Sennheiser has released the Flex 5000 — a TV listening enhancer — that connects to a TV audio source and wirelessly transmits customisable sound to… Read more... No involvement in robo-debt system, says ATO Written by Sam Varghese Officials from the Australian Taxation Office are unhappy about the fact that their employer is being linked to Centrelink over the automated debt recovery programme… Read more... Apache Struts 0-day being exploited in the wild Written by Sam Varghese Threat intelligence firm Talos has released details of a zero-day vulnerability in the Apache Struts web application framework that is being actively exploited in the… Read more... Sponsored Announcements Women & Diversity in Data The lack of diversity in data and analytics roles is still a major challenge for most organisations, with a recent study on women in technology… Read more... Gartner again positions Yellowfin in Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms For the fourth consecutive year, Business Intelligence vendor Yellowfin places in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. (*1) report. Read more... Carbon Black only vendor to secure perfect prevention score in NSS Labs’ advanced endpoint protection - test stopped all attacks Carbon Black, a leader in next-generation endpoint security, has announced it achieved 100% block rate and 100% total coverage score in NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint… Read more... Want to Develop a Cross-platform App? Read This First! Developing a cross-platform application is now one of the preferred options when creating a mobile application. The convenience that it provides – one source code… Read more... Data storage lifespans: how long will media really last? By Marina Brook, Managing Director APAC, StorageCraft The sad truth about data storage is that no medium for data storage will last forever. Most of… Read more... ‘Realising business value’ from IT a key for leading IT executive Sean Elwick, St Vincent's Health group IT Director of Transformation, is a man who, by his own admission, is passionate about realising business value from… Read more... |
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