An alert developer appears to have prevented a backdoor — likely introduced into a compression utility by state-backed actors — from being distributed to production Linux systems. The malicious code appears to allow the bypassing of checks during SSH authentication.



Payments industry provider Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has welcomed the passage by the Senate of the Digital ID Bills as a step forward for a more secure digital economy for Australia.

Communications technology group Singtel has signed three Memoranda of Understanding with Cisco, Fortinet, and Nokia, to provide quantum security solutions to enterprises through its Quantum Safe Network (QSN).

Consumers are embracing Artificial Intelligence in the smartphone market, with preliminary data suggesting that successfully messaging and marketing ‘halo’ AI features in devices can help influence consumer behaviour, according to the latest Worldpanel ComTech study from marketing data and analytics company Kantar.

By embedding data provided by Twilio Segment’s ‘Golden’ Customer Profiles in Flex, employees have deeper insights into customer behaviours and preferences, enabling more tailored interactions.

World Backup Day should serve as a timely reminder to Australian businesses about their responsibility to protect customer data, according to global cloud storage company Wasabi Technologies.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire

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