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• Flaw in NSW’s iVote platform confirmed by researcher

  A security researcher has confirmed that the version of New South Wales’ online voting platform, iVote, employed during the 2019 election contained a vulnerability that potentially allowed the creation of false decryption proofs for ballots.

• Pawsey Centre launches hunt for new supercomputer

  The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has officially launched a tender process seeking a replacement for its Magnus and Galaxy system.

• Google says ACCC location data privacy claims ‘cherry-picked’

  A lawsuit filed by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says that Google has made misleading claims about the use of location data by the Android operating system. However, Google retorted today at a Federal Court case management hearing that the ACCC is ignoring important context to the Android settings at the heart of the case.

• Atlassian expands Jira Service Desk to non-IT biz teams

  Atlassian has expanded the focus of its Jira Service Desk to target a wider range of business teams, such as HR, legal and facilities workers.

• Microsoft (finally) delivers service pack-like Windows 10 1909

  The latest version of Windows 10 is little more than a rerun of the May version of the operating system, though it does offer a few new features.

• Equinix opens largest Australian data centre, SY5

  Equinix has officially opened its largest data centre in Australia to date, SY5 located in Alexandria across from SY4. The facility currently offers 1825 cabinets and has capacity for 9,225 cabinets. The data centre cost $224 million and is part of a $2.7 billion investment across the world.

• Government could learn from Equinix's security protocol, Labor MP says

  Government could learn a thing or two from private sector said Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services and for the Republic Matt Thistlethwaite during the opening of Equinix's eighth Sydney IBX data centre.

• Why your providers should support IPv6

  IPv6 can help provide better performance for customers, employees and third parties trying to access your hosted applications.

• WA government expands police drone fleet

  The West Australian government has announced WA Police will train up to 60 drone pilots over the next two years as it adds up to 35 new remotely piloted aircraft to its fleet.

• How much does it cost to launch a cyberattack?

  Just like in regular business, cyber criminals have a cost of operation and a return on investment to worry about. Unfortunately, a new report from Deloitte has found the cost of committing cyber crime is incredibly low.

• Facebook unites payment service across apps with Facebook Pay

  Facebook said on Tuesday it was launching Facebook Pay, a unified payment service through which users across its platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram can make payments without exiting the app.

• SAP to streamline hardware infrastructure in drive to lift margins

  German business software group SAP plans to streamline its hardware infrastructure while holding research development costs steady, an executive said on Tuesday.

• How to lock down enterprise web browsers

  Your organization's web browser is essentially your operating system for the cloud. Secure it appropriately.

• CBA’s Adam Bennett to depart bank in early 2020

  The Commonwealth Bank’s group executive, business and private banking, Adam Bennett, will leave at the end of January, CBA has announced.

• OpenJDK repo migration to GitHub gains steam

  A formal OpenJDK proposal calls for migrating Java source code repositories to the popular code-hosting platform