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• Symantec warns of rise in targeted ransomware attacks

  Symantec has warned of significant growth in ransomware attacks targeting enterprises, as well as an increase in the number of groups believed to be behind the campaigns.

• NSW cyber chief pushes customer focus

  The launch of Cyber Security NSW within the state’s newly created Department of Customer Service reflects an effort to ensure the office is customer-focused, according to Tony Chapman.

• RMIT-fabricated chip mimics brain’s memory making

  ​Researchers from RMIT, ANU, QUT and Colorado State University have demonstrated an ultra-thin electronic chip which they say can mimic the way neurons work to store and delete information in the brain.

• ‘Neobank’ 86 400 receives full banking licence

  Mobile-first ‘neobank’ 86 400 expects to have its iOS and Android apps available within a matter of weeks, after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) granted it a full banking licence.

• Coral Sea Cable System installed at PNG, Solomon Islands landing sites

  A new subsea cable system that will offer a significant connectivity boost to the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea has been installed at landing sites in the two nations’ capitals.

• 5G regulators, researchers working to bust risk myths

  ​The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) and the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR) are redoubling efforts to bust myths about the negative health effects of 5G in the face of a small but growing ‘Stop 5G’ movement.

• Cloud growth helps deliver better than expected IBM results

  IBM beat analysts' estimates for second-quarter profit on Wednesday, propped up by recurring growth in its high-margin cloud business.

• G7 finance chiefs pour cold water on Facebook's digital coin plans

  Group of Seven finance chiefs cast a cloud over prospects for Facebook's Libra digital coin on Wednesday, insisting tough regulatory problems would have to be worked out first.

• Melbourne Business School takes 'move and improve' approach to cloud

  ​Melbourne Business School (MBS) programs are regularly ranked among the best in the world, with alumni including the CEOs and chairpersons of Qantas, Telstra, Australia Post and the AFL.

• Microsoft starts Windows 10's 1803-to-1903 forced upgrade

  Microsoft is starting the process of upgrading Windows 10 PCs running last year's April update and moving them to the latest version.

• OpenJDK proposal: Dump Mercurial for Git

  Proposal would migrate single-repo OpenJDK projects from Mercurial to Git for smaller repo sizes and superior tooling

• NSW seeks boost to state’s cyber sector with ‘innovation node’

  Addressing the state's infosec skills shortage will be one of the key focuses of the NSW Cyber Innovation Node, which was formally launched today.

• Near to go far with funding boost

  ​A Telstra backed platform which claims to hold “the largest data-set of people’s behaviour in the real-world” has raised $143M in a Series D funding round.

• NBN Co hits gigabit HFC downloads with in-field DOCSIS 3.1 trial

  NBN Co says it hit speeds of up to 994 megabits per second over a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connection during an in-field trial of DOCSIS 3.1 technology.

• Upcoming Windows 10 1909: Update or upgrade? Microsoft clarifies

  The next version of Windows 10, due out later this year, will continue to offer Windows Update for Business controls, Redmond says.