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Medicare hack: AI agent more like an unchecked teenager than elite threat actor, expert says
Forget the “rogue AI” narrative – the real issue is a lack of preparedness for modern, machine-speed threats.
Update: WSO2 API Manager vulnerability officially added to CISA’s KEV Catalog
Attackers are continuing to target CVE-2026-5430 months after it was first disclosed, despite repeated warnings.
Quis custodiet? Smart glass bans are on the rise – but so are sales
The Inner West Council is the latest government body to ban smart glasses, but sales of the divisive devices are ...
‘We can’t ignore AI or prevent it,’ Albanese says in UN speech
The Australian Prime Minister makes his pitch for Australia to have a seat at the UN Security Council, reiterating calls ...
Women’s fitness app takes Australian software firm PixelForce to court
Traininpink alleges PixelForce has overcharged and “failed to address six of the 10 most critical security risks ...
NAB restores systems following online outage impacting customers
Major Australian bank NAB has restored systems following online outages that prevented customers from using their ...
Medicare hack: Greens call OpenAI incident ‘a serious foreign attack’
Greens AI spokesperson calls for the US ambassador to be summoned to “explain what the US government knew”.
The industry reacts: Medicare’s OpenAI cyber incident
Medicare and at least three other government systems were compromised by an AI agent in June – and we’re only finding ...
Alert! Australian Cyber Security Centre issues warning over AI misalignment risks
ACSC says it is aware of AI agents performing “unexpected actions that were not intended or authorised by its operators”
PC hardware giant ASUS warns customers of eShop data breach
Company urges shoppers to stay vigilant after a data security incident exposed customer contact and order details.
Breached! PM calls OpenAI hack of Medicare ‘unacceptable’; 3 other government systems potentially compromised
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese outlined in a UN speech how an AI agent hacked Australia’s public health insurance and ...
AI guardrails: What they are, and why they matter
When Trump says AI doesn’t need guardrails, what exactly is he rejecting? The term is broad, says one academic, but made ...
2026 Intergenerational Report: AI ambitions must be built on cyber resilience, expert says
The Australian government has identified artificial intelligence as a key driver of the Australian economy and community ...
AI fraud model cuts false positives by more than 80%
LexisNexis Risk Solutions says its self-calibrating AI fraud model can capture about 90 per cent of fraud among the ...
Australia joins NATO Distributed Synthetic Training partnership as associated member
Australia has joined the NATO Distributed Synthetic Training (DST) partnership as an associated member, opening new ...
ShinyHunters hacks FBI, challenges agency over ‘unfounded allegations’
Hackers claim the US law enforcement agency published disinformation about them after allegedly defacing an FBI jobs ...
Op-Ed: Why organisations should put customer experience at the centre of technology control
Reliability, responsiveness, and continuity influence not only whether a service works, but also the trust customers ...
The Great Slowdown: World leaders sign declaration calling for greater control of frontier AI
Aussie PM and more than 20 other leaders sign open letter ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Quest Hotels data breach: Almost 2m impacted, almost 50k credit cards compromised
The hotel chain’s managing director has confirmed that the August data breach impacted 1.9 million customers: “I ...
DigiCert targets AI agent trust with new identity platform
DigiCert has launched its AI Trust Manager, saying Aussie organisations need a “kill switch” to tackle rising AI ...