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  • AI Puts Defenders on the Clock, Says ASD

    patch window deadline shortens

    Organisations now have days, and sometimes only hours, to patch new vulnerabilities before AI-assisted attackers exploit them, Australia's cyber security agency has warned.

  • OAIC Notes Big Jump in Mega Breaches

    Data breaches big enough to touch a million people stopped being rare events in 2025-26. Australia's privacy regulator recorded 15 of them, up from just two the year before.

  • Microsoft Warns of AI Agent Memory Poisoning

    Asking a person to approve sensitive actions is no longer a reliable safeguard for AI agents, according to new research from Microsoft. Its red team found poisoned agent memory can suppress or bypass those checks.

  • AI Agents to Run IT Operations, Says Gartner

    Half of all organisations will use AI agents with minimal human involvement in IT operations by 2030, up from almost none this year, Gartner predicts. The forecast is one of five trends in Gartner's Top AI Trends in Infrastructure and IT Operations for 2027.

  • Hunter Councils Add AI to Planning Enquiries

    An AI planning assistant used by New South Wales councils has handled more than 16,500 resident conversations in nine months. About a third took place outside council counter hours.

  • UNSW Consolidates Research Data Storage

    UNSW Sydney will retire 11 legacy research storage systems and replace them with a single environment that moves data automatically between fast and cheap storage. The university has selected US storage company DDN as prime contractor after an 18-month evaluation. Melbourne-founded Arcitecta will supply the data management layer.

  • Sites go Dark as Agencies Chase PHP Flaw

    Updating WordPress, Drupal or a plugin will not close the PHP flaws that took government websites offline this week. The vulnerable code sits in the PHP engine underneath them, so every server, appliance and hosting platform running PHP has to be found and updated.

  • Stolen Backup Credential Opened Hundreds of M365 Tenants

    Attackers have used a stolen credential from a Microsoft 365 backup service to sign in to hundreds of customer tenants. Because backup tools need broad access to mail, files and directories, the attackers inherited that access.

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  • AI Puts Defenders on the Clock, Says ASD

    patch window deadline shortens

    Organisations now have days, and sometimes only hours, to patch new vulnerabilities before AI-assisted attackers exploit them, Australia's cyber security agency has warned.

  • OAIC Notes Big Jump in Mega Breaches

    Data breaches big enough to touch a million people stopped being rare events in 2025-26. Australia's privacy regulator recorded 15 of them, up from just two the year before.

  • Microsoft Warns of AI Agent Memory Poisoning

    Asking a person to approve sensitive actions is no longer a reliable safeguard for AI agents, according to new research from Microsoft. Its red team found poisoned agent memory can suppress or bypass those checks.

  • AI Agents to Run IT Operations, Says Gartner

    Half of all organisations will use AI agents with minimal human involvement in IT operations by 2030, up from almost none this year, Gartner predicts. The forecast is one of five trends in Gartner's Top AI Trends in Infrastructure and IT Operations for 2027.

  • Hunter Councils Add AI to Planning Enquiries

    An AI planning assistant used by New South Wales councils has handled more than 16,500 resident conversations in nine months. About a third took place outside council counter hours.

  • UNSW Consolidates Research Data Storage

    UNSW Sydney will retire 11 legacy research storage systems and replace them with a single environment that moves data automatically between fast and cheap storage. The university has selected US storage company DDN as prime contractor after an 18-month evaluation. Melbourne-founded Arcitecta will supply the data management layer.

  • Sites go Dark as Agencies Chase PHP Flaw

    Updating WordPress, Drupal or a plugin will not close the PHP flaws that took government websites offline this week. The vulnerable code sits in the PHP engine underneath them, so every server, appliance and hosting platform running PHP has to be found and updated.

  • Stolen Backup Credential Opened Hundreds of M365 Tenants

    Attackers have used a stolen credential from a Microsoft 365 backup service to sign in to hundreds of customer tenants. Because backup tools need broad access to mail, files and directories, the attackers inherited that access.

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