More than one out of three of Australia’s top-ranked public and private hospitals are lagging behind on basic cybersecurity measures, subjecting patients, healthcare professionals and stakeholders to a higher risk of email-based impersonation attacks, including fraud and domain spoofing, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.



Queensland’s Toowoomba Regional Council has implemented the intelligent connectivity and automation platform from Boomi to streamline digital services delivery to residents and drive key initiatives such as its Internet of Things (IoT) water infrastructure project.

Australian smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2023 fell by 9.3% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that the 1.81 million units shipped marked a fourth consecutive quarter of declines.

Car parts suppliers and retailers Repco, Supercheap Auto and Innovative Mechatronics Group (IMG), an automotive electrical parts supplier, have each paid penalties after the competition watchdog ACCC issued them with infringement notices for supplying aftermarket car key remotes that allegedly breached warning requirements for products powered by button batteries.

The Australian Academic and Research Network, AARnet, has received $6.55 million from the Commonwealth investment through Round 3 of the Australian Government’s Regional Connectivity Program (RCP).

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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