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• Data retention: Centrelink, councils, Australia Post among organisations accessing ‘metadata’

  Telecommunications industry group Communications Alliance has revealed details of dozens of state and federal departments and agencies that are accessing so-called communications ‘metadata’.

• NextDC strikes INDIGO cable deal with Superloop

  Connection to the INDIGO subsea cable system will be offered from NextDC’s P1 and P2 data centres in Perth as well as its Sydney S1 and S2 facilities.

• ACCC figures reveal telcos buying more NBN capacity

  Figures released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reveal that the average NBN bandwidth per household increased in the three months to 30 September — from 1.66 megabits per second at the end of June, to 1.71Mbps.

• Fear and hacking on the bug bounty trail

  It could be a scene from almost any city start-up office on a Friday afternoon, except the workers here have been flown in from five continents, and will eat tonight at Sydney’s most expensive restaurants before wandering back to their beds at the five star Westin hotel over the road.

• HTC Vive unveils standalone VR headset, collaboration app for the enterprise

  The company's Vive Focus head-mounted display is now available in the U.S.; its Vive Sync app will arrive after beta testing gets under way in December.

• Making the right hyper-convergence choice: HCI hardware or software?

  Enterprises planning to adopt hyper-converged infrastructure can select from two main approaches: hardware or software.

• Learn to play defence by hacking these broken web apps

  OWASP's Broken Web Applications Project makes it easy to learn how to hack web applications--a critical skill for web application developers playing defense, junior penetration testers, and security-curious management.

• Critical authentication flaw in DJI drone web app fixed

  Check Point researcher finds vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to spy on drone fleets in real time.

• Sydney hosts new Mastercard tech hub

  The Sydney suburb of St Leonards is the home to the Australian Mastercard Global Tech Hub, which was formally opened today by NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet.

• Experience an RDP attack? It’s your fault, not Microsoft’s

  Follow Microsoft's basic security guidelines for Remote Desktop Protocol and you'll shut down hackers who try to exploit it.

• NextDC signs more customers for second Sydney data centre

  Data centre operator NextDC says it will increase the initial planned capacity for its second Sydney facility, dubbed S2.

• The power of decentralising decision-making

  At the recent CompTIA ChannelCon event held in Washington, D.C., a keynote speech from General Stan McChrystal left a lasting impression when it comes to leadership in technology companies.

• New NBN satellite service to support ‘bursting’, some unmetered services

  NBN Co is preparing to launch a family of new satellite services that will potentially support burst speeds in excess of the base 25 megabits per second download speed.

• BlackBerry in talks to buy cybersecurity company Cylance: Report

  BlackBerry is in talks to buy cybersecurity company Cylance Inc for as much as US$1.5 billion, Business Insider ​reported​ on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

• Google Cloud launches AI Hub to simplify machine learning deployment

  Google Cloud is launching two new tools to help customers design, launch and keep track of their machine learning algorithms.