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Australian Stories

Australian stories

Cloudflare & Microsoft disrupt EvilTokens phishing service

More than 12,000 inboxes were exposed as the kit used to bypass multi-factor authentication and sustain account access was taken offline.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Fintech

Zeller wins Fast Company award for payment terminal

The accolade underlines Zeller's push beyond payments hardware, with the terminal now used by more than 110,000 businesses worldwide.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Customer Experience

McMillan Shakespeare deepens BYD leasing ties in Australia

The tie-up should widen access to electric cars for Australian buyers as novated leasing becomes a bigger route to ownership.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Real estate

RBA set for September rate rise, CreditorWatch says

Australian households and debt-laden firms face further borrowing-cost pressure, with CreditorWatch seeing no chance of the RBA standing pat in September.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Television

TCL Australia shares three quick tests for TV blooming

Simple at-home checks can expose haloing and poor contrast, helping shoppers judge whether a TV is worth the price.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Australian care groups adopt TechnologyOne's Plus AI

The uptake signals growing demand for AI that works inside regulated systems, giving care workers faster access to data without extra reporting tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Data Analytics

Itron launches Riva meters in Australia for grid visibility

Utilities will gain earlier warning of voltage issues and outages as Australia prepares for smart-meter rules from late 2028.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Fintech

CloudTech launches RooRooEx as Australia tightens rules

The platform targets investors seeking deeper liquidity and comes as ASIC moves to pull more digital asset firms into licensing rules.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Marketing Technologies

First-time buyers drove Black Friday sales in Australia

Retailers used Black Friday to win new shoppers, with first-time buyers making up 68.6% of email orders and 73.4% of SMS orders in Australia.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Global Stories

Australian stories

Semiconductors

Qualcomm launches dual Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips

Premium Android handsets are set to get more on-device AI and imaging tools as Qualcomm adds a second flagship chip option for makers.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Software-as-a-Service

DXC names three winners of 2026 insurance invitational

Insurers in Australia and New Zealand may gain tools for fraud checks, customer communication and injury recovery after DXC picked three startups.

By Mara Sugue • 5 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Data Protection

VAST launches confidential AI system for sensitive data

It lets regulated firms run AI on sensitive data without exposing customer records or model weights to infrastructure operators.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Software-as-a-Service

SiteMinder launches AI engine to fix hotel distribution

Hotels could lose bookings from broken channel links and unmapped rooms, as SiteMinder's new AI tool flags distribution errors before approval.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Firewalls

Cybersecurity is operating on the wrong clock

Attackers are exploiting flaws before disclosure, leaving Australian organisations exposed for less time than patch cycles can keep up with.

By Sam Salehi • 5 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

DevOps

Australia & New Zealand top Asia-Pacific in IT stability

Outages are detected quickly in Australia and New Zealand, but fragmented monitoring leaves teams slower to restore services across APAC.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Firewalls

WatchGuard warns of shift to targeted cyberattacks

Attackers are increasingly using tailored malware and credential abuse as network alerts drop, WatchGuard says, raising hidden-risk concerns.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Data Protection

Cloudera named leader in Asia Pacific sovereign AI

The recognition comes as nearly 92% of Asia Pacific enterprises say data governance and compliance have delayed or cancelled AI projects.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Software-as-a-Service

OWNA rolls out AI daycare platform on Oracle cloud

Hundreds of educators could spend less time on paperwork as the new system automates family updates and other childcare admin tasks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Firewalls

Zscaler takes zero trust beyond the corporate network

Critical infrastructure operators are using cellular links to secure distributed assets as outages and spoofing raise the stakes for resilience.

By David Shilovsky • 6 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Australian stories

IT Automation

Singapore lags in automated cyber threat validation

Every respondent in Singapore reported cyber exposure management barriers, as automated threat validation lagged far behind global and North American rates.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

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