Richard Chirgwin

Richard Chirgwin is a veteran of Australia's tech press, covering IT, telecommunications, security, networking, and protocols. Prior to iTnews, he worked at The Register for 9 years.

Recent articles by Richard Chirgwin

Australian researchers create MITM defence for robot vehicles

Australian researchers create MITM defence for robot vehicles

Open source OS vulnerable to attacks.
Oct 16 2023 11:48AM
Citrix patches critical NetScaler bug

Citrix patches critical NetScaler bug

Plus Hypervisor needs fixes if running on AMD processors.
Oct 12 2023 5:40PM
Microsoft identifies "Oro0lxy" as Confluence attacker

Microsoft identifies "Oro0lxy" as Confluence attacker

Atlassian vulnerability exploit attributed to Chinese hacker.
Oct 12 2023 7:19AM
Apple Pay, Google Wallet face RBA regulation

Apple Pay, Google Wallet face RBA regulation

Government opens legislative consultation.
Oct 11 2023 12:07PM
Telstra acquires Versent for $267.5 million

Telstra acquires Versent for $267.5 million

Bolsters AWS and cloud management capabilities.
Oct 11 2023 11:20AM
Rapid Reset among Microsoft’s 105 patches for October

Rapid Reset among Microsoft’s 105 patches for October

Three bugs already exploited.
Oct 11 2023 9:57AM
HTTP2 zero-day enabled record-setting DDoS attacks

HTTP2 zero-day enabled record-setting DDoS attacks

Vendors scramble to patch Rapid Reset vulnerability.
Oct 11 2023 9:53AM
ACT government CISO role elevated to executive level

ACT government CISO role elevated to executive level

Ongoing cyber security enhancement underway.
Oct 10 2023 7:22AM
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service heading to cloud for incident management

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service heading to cloud for incident management

Replacing 11-year-old Elements system.
Oct 9 2023 12:25PM
NSW DCS migrating ID management to SaaS

NSW DCS migrating ID management to SaaS

Licence consolidation also on the menu.
Oct 6 2023 7:40AM
Apple moves on kernel bug

Apple moves on kernel bug

May have been exploited in the wild.
Oct 5 2023 11:40AM
Queensland putting $250 million in fibre backhaul from Townsville to Mount Isa

Queensland putting $250 million in fibre backhaul from Townsville to Mount Isa

Piggybacked on Copperstring 2023 power transmission project.
Oct 5 2023 11:21AM
Atlassian patches under-attack Confluence zero-day

Atlassian patches under-attack Confluence zero-day

Self-hosted data centre and server instances targeted.
Oct 5 2023 7:10AM
NSW EPA seeks digital strategy overseer

NSW EPA seeks digital strategy overseer

Focusing on its data and geospatial platforms.
Oct 4 2023 12:27PM
Malware once again a headache for npm

Malware once again a headache for npm

Fortiguard finds data-thieving packages.
Oct 4 2023 11:05AM
Exim mail servers worldwide need urgent patches

Exim mail servers worldwide need urgent patches

Three out of six issues already fixed.
Oct 4 2023 11:02AM
Government considers licensing scheme for telco retailers

Government considers licensing scheme for telco retailers

Phantom providers could be dodging regulation.
Oct 4 2023 6:53AM
Another Progress Software file transfer utility vulnerable

Another Progress Software file transfer utility vulnerable

WS_FTP has critical deserialisation bug.
Oct 3 2023 12:13PM
Gov stalls on some privacy reforms with conditional support

Gov stalls on some privacy reforms with conditional support

Some recommendations put on the backburner, for now.
Sep 28 2023 12:20PM
CISA warns China's BlackTech had control of routers

CISA warns China's BlackTech had control of routers

Modified firmware helped state actors snoop on traffic.
Sep 28 2023 10:18AM

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