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• ‘League of Entropy’: Cloudflare is, like, totally random

  A wall of lava lamps, seismic measurements of earthquakes in Chile, Twitter posts, and the Ethereum blockchain are among the sources being used to generate random numbers by a new consortium.

• Phishers hit ACU, compromised systems

  The Australian Catholic University says that a number of staff email accounts and some of its systems have been compromised after a successful phishing campaign.

• Telstra eyes more TV spectrum for mobile services

  Telstra has recommend that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) look at whether some of the spectrum set aside for television services could be better used for 5G mobile services.

• Warning issued over NBN scam surge

  Australian consumers lost an average of $110,000 to NBN scams in the first five months of 2019, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

• Home Affairs seeks to tackle hodgepodge UC

  Home Affairs is seeking to rationalise its unified communications platforms as part of a broader strategy to streamline technology at the mega-department.

• AGL swiftly backs away from possible Vocus acquisition

  Less than a week into a four-week period of exclusive due diligence AGL says that it will not proceed with a potential acquisition of Vocus.

• Dutton backs ‘sensible discussion’ of expanded role for ASD

  Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has said that he doesn’t support an expansion of the Australian Signals Directorate’s mandate to include “spying” within Australia, but has called for a “sensible discussion” of a domestic role for the ASD.

• Men charged after police investigate alleged attacks on phone systems

  Two Victorian men have been charged following an investigation into what police claim were denial of service attacks against “Australian government infrastructure”.

• The next wave of ransomware

  Cybercrime, specifically ransomware, is evolving to match business cloud trends with ransomcloud, the next wave of ransomware, set to become a key concern for organisations within the next few years.

• VMware fortifies data centre software with Avi Networks buy

  VMware has punched up its data centre network virtualisation​ capabilities by unveiling plans to buy Avi Networks for an undisclosed amount.

• Report: Mirai tries to hook its tentacles into SD-WAN

  Palo Alto Networks’ security team says an update of the infamous IoT-focused Mirai software targets enterprise-grade SD-WAN appliances

• Apple may be prepping to turn your iPhone into a crypto wallet

  Apple's CryptoKit is likely the first step in enabling the exchange of private and public keys that will unlock the ability to make purchases using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on stored on your iPhone.

• Why ‘ambient computing’ is just a marketing buzzword (for now)

  You’ll know ambient computing is really here when you don’t know it’s there.

• The chatbot with its own office and personal (human) assistant

  ​Chatbots provide a way for customers to transact with companies from wherever they are at any hour of the day.

• Reserve Bank calls for New Payments Platform access to be broadened

  The Reserve Bank of Australia has called for access to the New Payments Platform to be broadened a range of payments services providers.