Apple may be about to open up what many refer to as its walled garden and allow the installation of third-party browsers and mail clients on its mobile devices, a report claims.

The Australian Stock Exchange has partnered with S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch the S&P/ASX All Technology Index which will list companies in the technology sector. The new index will go live on Monday, 24 February.

A Windows ransomware attack on a gas pipeline in the US, briefly detailed by the US Cyber Security and Infrastructure Agency recently, is probably the same as that reported by the US Coast Guard in 2019, the security firm Dragos claims.

The Vocus Group has signed a deal with rare earths firm Northern Minerals to supply the company's broadband needs in partnership with the NBN Co, the company building Australia's broadband network. The solution uses the NBN Co's business satellite service.

A vulnerability in the Siemens Digsi 4 protocol, which allowed a denial-of-service attack against the company's SIPROTEC 4 power grid protection relays, was discovered recently by the Israeli security outfit Claroty and fixed in co-ordination with Siemens.

Hawaiki Submarine Cable, which provides connections between NZ, Australia and the US, has inked an agreement with Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand (REANNZ) to provide New Zealand’s peak research network with a crucial boost in international cable capacity and resiliency.

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