Australian businesses expecting the hassles of the COVID-19 pandemic to vanish in 2021 are in for a rude shock, according to business analyst firm IBRS, which as also released a new report on the future of the IT space.



Microsoft has issued an advisory stating that four zero-day exploits are being used to attack versions of Microsoft Exchange Server on-premise.

Finnish telecommunications equipment vendor Nokia and the University of Technology Sydney, have announced a five-year deal to build and run a state-of-the-art 5G innovation facility.

Australian-listed space technology operator Kleos Space has confirmed its second 4 satellite cluster - the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1) - has successfully completed a hardware critical design review milestone for a launch mid-year onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Victorian bus provider Ventura has launched a new Demand Responsive Transport service and corresponding urban mobility app available to residents in the outer Melbourne subsurbs of Rowville and Ferntree Gully.

Data and analytics company, smrtr, announced today an investment of $2.5m from Stockland, the multi-billion dollar Australian property development company perhaps best known for its 41 shopping centres across the nation.

A version of the CANVAS exploit platform, that can be used to test the vulnerability of computer systems or to break into remote systems using exploits that come along with it, has been leaked on the VirusTotal database and can now be accessed by all paid subscribers of the service.

The Indian Government has said a power outage in Mumbai last year was caused by human error, adding that no evidence exists to connect the incident to a "hacking attempt".

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