Thursday, April 10, 2014 Issue No. 6264 ALL MAJOR Computer TECHNOLOGY STOCK PRICES Daily News See page 4 AUSTRALIA’S DAILY E-MAIL & FAX NEWS SERVICE - AVAILABLE ONLY ON SUBSCRIPTION Defence Vessel – Ocean Shield had picked up traces of two End of the line for more underwater signals in the right frequency range. The pinger locator towed behind Ocean Shield on Tues- FttP plan: Libs order day afternoon picked up one signal for more than five min- utes and, later that night, for ‘multi-mix’ NBN about seven minutes, search coordination chief Angus ANBERRA – The Abbott Government has for- Houston revealed. mally instructed NBN Co to dump the fibre-to- That means there have the-premises plan for the National Broadband now been four transmissions CNetwork initiated by the former Labor government and in the same area of the Indian instead concentrate on its “multi-technology mix”. Ocean, 2260km north-west of Perth. Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Fi- The latest signals will “assist in better defining a re- nance Minister Mathias Cormann handed down a new duced and much more manageable search area on the “statement of expectations”, built around the new mix, to ocean floor,’’ Houston said. “Hopefully in a matter of the board of NBN Co. days, we will be able to find something on the bottom that The new model would see FttP might confirm that this is the last resting place of MH370.” technology used for only 26 percent He has said the submersible sonar device will not be of premises, while a projected 44 launched to comb the seabed until it is clear that the bat- percent will get fibre to the node teries that may be emitting pings from the blackboxes – which uses Telstra’s existing have finally expired. copper network for the final few hundred metres to homes. The remaining 30 percent will Cybercrims thinking big: report either resort to the shared transmis- SAN FRANCISCO – Cybercriminals in November and sion on existing hybrid fibre coaxial pay-TV cables or – in December 2013 unleashed the most damaging series of remote and regional areas – satellite delivery. cyberattacks in history, according to the latest Internet Secu- The statement commits NBN to be built “within the rity Threat Report from Symantec, constraints of a public equity capital limit of $29.5 billion,” released yesterday. according to the government statement. The report provides an over- Meanwhile Labor’s shadow communications minister view and analysis of the year in Jason Clare has called on the Government to move swiftly global threat activity, based on to block ISP TPG from rolling out its “cherrypicking” data from Symantec’s Global fibre-to-the-basement plan for large buildings in major Intelligence Network cities. “If they don’t do that, then it threatens the financial It says the number of “mega” viability of the NBN Co,” Clare warned. data breaches went from one in 2012 to eight in 2013, exposing an unprecedented 552 Two more pings: Ocean million identities. Data breaches increased by 62 per cent while targeted attack campaigns for cyber-espionage and Shield narrows M370 search cybercrime grew by 91 per cent. PERTH – Possible launch of the blackbox-hunting The figures indicate that cybercrims are plotting for submersible device Bluefin-21 has moved a step closer months before pulling off huge heists – instead of execut- yesterday after revelations that ADV – that’s Australian ing quick hits with smaller rewards, Symantec says. Seeking an IT Job or Specialist IT Talent? Emerging Technology Recruitment Specialists www.citirecruitment.com Contact us at [email protected] or 02 8070 9349 / 03 9015 9349 Computer Daily News Each of the eight top data breaches in 2013 resulted in Atlassian scores $150m funding the loss of tens of millions of data records. By comparison, SYDNEY – Australian software company Atlassian has 2012 only had a single data breach reaching that threshold. scored a US$150 million injection from US mutual fund “One mega breach can be worth 50 smaller attacks,” T.Rowe Price and Dragoneer Investment Capital. said Kevin Haley, director of Symantec Security Response. It is said to be only the second external investment in “While the level of sophistication continues to grow the company, which makes tools for software developers among attackers, what was surprising last year was their at nearly 35,000 companies globally. willingness to be a lot more patient – waiting to strike until The investment will give the two funds a 5 per cent the reward is bigger and better.” stake in the private company The report found targeted attacks were up 91pc and but will not constitute a direct lasted an average of three times longer compared to 2012. investment and the funds will Personal assistants and those working in public rela- not receive board seats. tions were the two most targeted professions, apparently Atlassian founders Mike because cybercriminals use them as a stepping stone to- Cannon-Brookes and Scott ward higher-profile targets like celebrities or business Farquhar, pictured, who be- executives. tween them retain 78pc of the company, are now said to have holdings worth $2.7 billion Telstra copper to be ours: Ziggy – up from an estimated $550 million last year. Cannon-Brookes has stressed that the company has no SYDNEY – Current negotiations between NBN Co and plans for a stock exchange float. Telstra should see the NBN builder acquiring Telstra’s copper and hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) networks, NBN Co chairman Ziggy Switkowski has said. ISPs ready to talk on anti-piracy Switkowski was speaking on the ABC TV’s The Busi- SYDNEY – Australia’s ISPS have agreed to work with ness program. “I think the outcome of these negotia- the Attorney-General’s Department and copyright tions should lead to a situation holder organisations on a new system to deter music where the copper network, the and movie piracy, according to Communications Alli- ownership, is transferred into ance CEO John Stanton. the NBN; the ownership of the But, he told a Communications Day event, ISPs are not HFC network is transferred into willing to bear the costs of enforcing copyright. NBN,” he said. His comments come after Attorney-General George He said that this would mean Brandis earlier this year warned that, if the industry did that NBN Co would take on re- not come up with a plan to deter piracy via file-sharing sponsibility for maintenance of sites, the Government would impose one. the copper network. “The ISPs and the Comms Alliance are keen to re-engage He added: “At the end of it all Telstra shouldn’t be out in the debate about how we might bring an industry-based of pocket relative to what they had agreed to before” – an solution to this,” Stanton told the CommsDay audience. apparent reference to the $11 billion deal negotiated by But he said that, for the proposed system to work, it had the Labor Government with Telstra – “and the taxpayer to involve all rights holders, and all ISPs, and would need shouldn’t be exposed to higher costs, unless they’re get- to respect existing consumer protections around privacy ting more services.” and the right to appeal. Mobile pusher fined $320,000 Zuora plumbs A/NZ goldmine CANBERRA – Brisbane based mobile telecoms opera- SYDNEY – Things are buzzing Down Under for Zuora, tor Startel Communications has been fined $320,000 for the rapidly growing US-based subscription e-ecommerce misleading consumers about their rights under the Aus- platform. Staff has grown from just three last November to tralian Consumer Law. a projected 15 by the end of April, A/NZ VP Greg Cullen The fine was imposed by the Federal Court in a case told a media lunch in Sydney yesterday. brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer A highlight has been inking of a major deal with Tele- Commission. Startel was acquired by Truphone in 2009. com New Zealand, which is using Zuora technology to ACCC said Startel had breached consumer law by power the rollout of Big Pipe, a new mass-market service failing to inform customers that they could get out of a offering uncapped, no-frills broadband consumer service. contract within 10 business days; didn’t supply documents Thomas Salman, CTO of Telecom’s Digital Ventures which would help consumers decide whether they wanted business unit, flew across the ditch yesterday morning to to proceed with the contract; and took money out of bank attend the lunch and tell media that TNZ is pretty chuffed accounts during the cooling-off period. with the Zuora service, which automates the Big Pipe More than 2500 customers Australia-wide were said subscription service, setting up payments and providing to have been affected by the conduct, including some in up-to-the minute information on customer growth, rev- remote indigenous communities. enue, collection , churn and financial reporting. 2 THU, APR 10, 2014 All material in Computer Daily News is copyright and may not be photocopied or otherwise reproduced without permission Computer Daily News It will also be used to launch an online video service INSIDE COMPUTER DAILY NEWS later this year, he revealed. Also tucking into the barramundi and half-shell grilled Computer Daily News is published by David Frith prawns at Café Sydney was Tien Tzu, Zuora co-founder Computer Services, PO Box 906, Milsons Point, NSW 2061. and CEO, who pointed to capital injections from the Phone: (02) 9909 8470 likes of Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff, and Microsoft Fax: (02) 9908 3982 cofounder Paul Allen, as proof of the Zuora’s platform’s E-Mail: [email protected] increasing stature. Managing editor: David Frith Australian customers include Fairfax Media, News Co-editors: Kate Castellari International, and Sensis – the latter part of Telstra until John Stackhouse recently.