Breathe once for asthma diagnosis
[1] A new technology for testing pneumonia and asthma is undergoing testing at Joondalup Hospital in Western Australia, which will enable allows doctors to diagnose the diseases through a cough into a...
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) warns against tax time phishing attacks
[1] ACMA is warning against the ‘financial institutions smart phish’ campaign, which it claims can ‘dynamically adapt its content to request customer credentials for almost every financial insti...
Australia could become a leader in cybersecurity research
[1] According to Alex Zelinsky, Chief Defence Scientist at the Defence Science and Technology, Australia is highly dependent on cyberspace, and therefore, it has been identified as a research priority...
“Our future is being won in places like River City Labs”: PM Tony Abbott
[1] Brisbane’s River City Labs saw Prime Minister Tony Abbott and federal MP Wyatt Roy pay a visit Startup Weekend Brisbane. [2] The event saw 120 budding entrepreneurs come together and formulate i...
Straight-talking ANZ CTO Patrick Maes signals bank’s intent to partner with more Aussie fintech startups
[1] ANZ’s CTO Patrick Maes says the bank is hoping to partner with Australian fintech startups in order to help resolve global problems relating to the financial services industry. [2] With the ...
ACT’s first digital chief will drive ‘digital agenda’
[1] The first chief digital officer, Jon Cumming, has been appointed by the ACT Government as part of its digital innovation strategy in the nation’s capital. [2] Mr. Cumming comes in with significa...
Nominations open for inaugural 2015 Reseller News ICT Industry Awards
[1] The Nominations for the inaugural 2015 Reseller News ICT Industry Awards have officially been opened, with six categories and 20 awards up for grabs. [2] The Awards aims to applaud vendors, distri...
New trojan hits Australian banks
[1] Malware analysts from security vendor, Bitdefender, have discovered new variants of the Dyre family of financial trojans that are attacking Australian banks. [2] According to Bitdefender senior E-...
Experts protest Aussie law banning crypto export
[1] According to the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), a new controversial military technology export control law that threatens to criminalise cryptography research could del...
DDoS attack downs iiNet services
[1] iiNet broadband customers in New South Wales were weekend hit by long service interruptions during the weekend after a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. 2] According to one iiNet ...