There are some similarities between the two Australian companies whose defences were breached recently: human resources outfit PageUp People and e-conveyancing platform PEXA.

A group of researchers from the University College London, who have completed a study on the privacy-focused digital currency Zcash, may have provided a means of finding out who received payment for NSA exploits that were put on sale by a group known as the Shadow Brokers.

Google was interested in buying source code repository GitHub, the head of the company's cloud division, Diane Greene, has said during a speech.

The GitHub organisation of the Gentoo Linux distribution has been compromised and the project behind Gentoo is warning users not to use code from this source.

Facial recognition technology is being added to some smartphone models made by Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technology.

IT services and solutions provider, Data#3, has teamed up with Victoria’s Deakin University to help foster advanced student learning in conjunction with the STEM science, technology, engineering and mathematics program.

Australian technology company, Calix, is moving ahead with its initial public offering (IPO) with the aim of raising $8 million as it continues to commercialise technology that it says reinvents the calcination (kiln) process.

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