Microsoft's Azure cloud platform has suffered a massive outage that affected customers in various parts of the world, with cooling problems being identified at about 2.30am Pacific Time on Tuesday (7.30pm AEST Tuesday).

The Australia Singapore Cable has been switched on by Vocus for use ahead of its scheduled 14 September service date, following a major disruption on the Sea-Me-We3 submarine cable between Perth and Singapore.

A researcher based in the United Arab Emirates says he notified Apple about an attack group known as WindShift that had been using vulnerabilities in macOS to target specific individuals in government and critical infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, but does not know whether the company took any measures to remediate the issue.

A recently discovered remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 Web framework is being leveraged by attackers to launch a cryptocurrency-mining campaign, the security firm F5 says.

Cloud accounting software provider Xero has launched a new solution – Learn – which it says is designed to give future small business leaders, accountants and bookkeepers the financial literacy and accounting skills needed to build better businesses.

Australian-listed data collaboration company Ixup has partnered with actuarial and analytics consulting firm Finity to launch a new technology and analytics platform designed for insurers, regulators and industry deploying next generation analytics.

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