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Cyber extortion tops 2025 attacks as AI risks escalate

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Cyber extortion has overtaken email scams as the top 2025 attack, as AI-powered threats grow and financial firms become prime targets.
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Commvault urges identity-first cyber resilience in AI age

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Commvault tells SHIFT Melbourne that identity integrity and proven recovery must underpin cyber resilience as AI reshapes enterprise risk.
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Slipstream Cyber joins Atmos incident response panel

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Slipstream Cyber joins Atmos' First Response and Remediation Panel to bolster early-stage digital forensics and incident response support.
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Apple unveils iPhone 17e & faster M4-powered iPad Air

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Apple launches lower-priced iPhone 17e and faster M4 iPad Air, expanding custom chips, Apple Intelligence and satellite features.
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Okta names Christian Rota ANZ director of partnerships

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Okta appoints Christian Rota to lead ANZ partnerships, stepping up its partner-first push as identity security demand surges across the region.
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Yubico picks Singapore for new Asia Pacific HQ push

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Yubico has chosen Singapore for a new global HQ, bolstering Asia Pacific operations as demand for phishing-resistant authentication grows.
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International Women's Day: Balancing the scales requires more than good intentions

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AI could entrench bias or unlock fairer careers; on International Women's Day, leaders are urged to redesign work, not just declare intent.
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The smart money is on inclusion

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Smart capital is flowing to infrastructure that lifts women, using digital tech to turn inclusion and resilience into core investment value.
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Explainer: The digital shock that ended Sanity's reign

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Once a 400-store giant of CDs and DVDs, Sanity has shrunk to a regional chain as downloads, streaming and rising costs reshape retail.
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Quanton rebrands as AI partner to take pilots to scale

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Quanton ditches pure automation tag to relaunch as an AI transformation partner, promising to help ANZ firms push pilots into production.
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MYOB launches AI tools for BAS, insights & invoicing

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MYOB unveils AI BAS, insights and invoicing tools to automate tax prep, reconciliation and late payment chasing for small businesses.
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Milestone Systems names Mike Metcalfe South Pacific lead

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Milestone Systems has rehired Mike Metcalfe to lead key South Pacific accounts, driving video intelligence growth in New Zealand and Australia.
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Lánluas appoints new heads for enterprise & public

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TechnologyOne specialist Lánluas names Lorraine Sinnott and Susan Furber to lead enterprise and public sector as it ramps up global growth.
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2degrees & Ericsson deploy private 5G at Lyttelton port

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2degrees and Ericsson have activated a private 5G network at Lyttelton Port, boosting safety, reliability and support for remote operations.
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Cricut debuts Joy 2, Explore 5 cutting bundles in ANZ

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Cricut debuts Joy 2 and Explore 5 Essential Bundles in Australia and New Zealand, pairing updated hardware with revamped Design Space tools.
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Elite adds AI tools to 3E to streamline work-to-cash

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Elite upgrades its 3E cloud platform with AI, real-time data and compliance tools to speed law firms' work-to-cash and cut revenue leakage.
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MaxContact Australia rebrands as Kaizn in CX advisory shift

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MaxContact Australia rebrands as Kaizn, expanding into independent CX and contact centre advisory across Australia and New Zealand.
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AI early adopters gain edge as readiness gap widens

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AI early adopters gain strategic advantage as global survey finds widening readiness gap and sharper focus on fast-evolving AI risks.
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TP-Link unveils solar Tapo C645D KIT for smarter yards

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TP-Link launches Tapo C645D KIT in Australia, a dual-lens, solar-charged outdoor camera with 360° AI tracking, priced at AUD $379.
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Datadog flags rising DevSecOps risk from ageing code

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Datadog warns 87% of organisations run software with exploitable flaws as ageing code, fast releases and automation amplify DevSecOps risk.