Not all Australian business leaders are confident in the ability of their people to make the right call in some issues, and has instead turned to automated bots to make decisions in key areas, according to a study No Planet B by Oracle and Harvard professional development instructor and CIO advisor Pamela Rucker.



Cloud security provider Zscaler says the number of phishing attacks jumped 29% last year, with a 400% increase in those targeting the retail and wholesale industries.

Researchers from Check Point Research, part of the Israeli firm Check Point, have released barebones details about remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in a media codec used by Android phones that are built atop SoCs from Qualcomm and MediaTek.

Australian short-distance electric-powered delivery vehicle provider Zoomo has appointed Jules Flynn to the role of COO, Michelle Crocker to the role of vice president of people and culture, and Alan Wells to the role of vice president of product.

A robot with the versatility of Rosie from the Jetsons is still science fiction, but Ecovacs' Deebot X1 Omni flagship promises to redefine "what is possible in a robotic cleaning system with Self-Cleaning Omni Station, Yiko AI Voice Assistant, all-new intelligent capabilities and Jacob Jensen Design."

GUEST OPINION: Malware perils lurk in all directions with DDoS attacks high on the danger list. According to a recent company report, the number of DDoS attacks increased by 37% while DDoS attack volumes increased 26% between 2020 and 2021. In fact, early this year, Microsoft disclosed the largest DDoS attack ever recorded at 3.47Tbps.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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