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Australia having three 'cloud giants' is a risk, says ACCC

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Australia having three ‘cloud giants’ is a risk, says ACCC

Australia’s competition regulator says the dominance of the country’s three major cloud computing providers — Microsoft, Google, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) — means such companies could be incentivised to…

Timothy Hugh Barker Jun 25, 2025

A cybersecurity founder who had a $100 million exit is back with a new idea and a $9.2 million Seed round from Paladin Capital

Funding

Cyber security

A cybersecurity founder who had a $100 million exit is back with a new idea and a $9.2 million Seed round from Paladin Capital

Serial cybersecurity entrepreneur Michael Watts is back with new startup, kicking off a proactive cloud security platform, Circumvent, with US$6 million (A$9.2m) Seed round from Paladin Capital Group. Watts was…

Simon Thomsen Jun 16, 2025

Australia's talking tough on a new cyber taskforce to ‘hack the hackers’, but that also puts a target on our national back

Cyber security

Australia’s talking tough on a new cyber taskforce to ‘hack the hackers’, but that also puts a target on our national back

The Australian government is launching an offensive against cybercriminals, following a data breach that has exposed millions of people’s personal information. On November 12, Minister for Cyber Security Clare O’Neil…

Lyria Bennett Moses Nov 17, 2022

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U16s social media trial ban given green tick, but it’s clear that it’s plagued with serious issues

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Company used laptops as ‘listening devices’ – now the employees are claiming unfair dismissal

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Accenture set to acquire sovereign cybersecurity scaleup CyberCX is $1 billion deal

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Accenture set to acquire sovereign cybersecurity scaleup CyberCX is $1 billion deal

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Hacking at Western Sydney University that led to a former student’s arrest all began with discounted campus parking

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People

Hacking at Western Sydney University that led to a former student’s arrest all began with discounted campus parking

Timothy Hugh Barker Jun 26, 2025

Australia having three ‘cloud giants’ is a risk, says ACCC

Cyber security

Data

Australia having three ‘cloud giants’ is a risk, says ACCC

Timothy Hugh Barker Jun 25, 2025

A cybersecurity founder who had a $100 million exit is back with a new idea and a $9.2 million Seed round from Paladin Capital

Funding

Cyber security

A cybersecurity founder who had a $100 million exit is back with a new idea and a $9.2 million Seed round from Paladin Capital

Simon Thomsen Jun 16, 2025

Elon Musk is back with X in court trying to get around Australia’s online child sexual exploitation and anti-terrorism laws. Here’s what’s happening

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Elon Musk is back with X in court trying to get around Australia’s online child sexual exploitation and anti-terrorism laws. Here’s what’s happening

Renae Smith May 26, 2025