'It will get worse before it gets better'

Rachel Olding   Australian government agencies and organisations are increasingly vulnerable to a major cyber attack yet security has not evolved in more than 20 years, according to an international cybercrime expert.

Security

Inside NSA's secret school

Susan Svrluga   Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping centre one day: 'Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him.'

Business

Atlassian finally goes public, filing for IPO in the US

Micheal J. de la Merced   Atlassian, the Australian maker of development and collaboration software for companies, has filed to go public in the US.

Start-ups

From AFL star to Big Apple start-up, Swift's Joel MacDonald is kicking goals

Hannah Francis   Two years ago Joel MacDonald was in Melbourne playing in the AFL; now he's kicking goals in New York.

Fairfax, Google on the hunt for a coder

Ben Grubb   Google's News Lab partners with Fairfax to offer a fellowship to create new types of journalism.

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Business

Atlassian eyes IPO

Jing Cao and Alex Barinka   Business software company Atlassian plans to publicly file for an initial public offering in the US as soon as next week, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

175 new tech jobs for Melbourne

Hannah Francis   State government commits to five-year funding round as software company launches community centre and new jobs.

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Diversity

Another top Twitter employee quits over lack of diversity

Brian Fung   Striking lack of 'diversity of thought, conversation, and people' in the ranks of Twitter, outgoing engineering manager says.

Business

Google's Larry Page discusses new Alphabet structure

Deborah M. Todd   In a rare public appearance, Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page explained why he was spurred to create a whole new structure for the company he created with Sergey Brin almost two decades ago.

ID fraudsters attack ATO at least 11,000 times in one year

Noel Towell, Lisa Cox   The ATO has been targeted more than 11,000 times by identity fraudsters attempting to steal tax refunds in 2014-15.

States vie to be nation's start-up capital

Mahesh Sharma   While those involved in consultation with the Queensland and Victorian government have welcomed the open dialogue on innovation, their NSW counterparts have expressed frustration at being ignored over big decisions.

Business

Stop raising money from VCs, Freelancer CEO warns start-ups

Claire Connelly   Start-up founders are losing control when they give into VC funding, said Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie in his SydStart keynote last week.

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Business

Greens target Entrepreneurs Program stance

Andrew Colley   The Greens have congratulated Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for placing innovation high on the government's agenda but have voiced concerns over its Entrepreneurs Program.

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Google puts Symantec on notice

Liam Tung   After Symantec issued dodgy digital certificates, Google plays hardball with the security firm.

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Cyber fraudsters hijack businesses in tax scam

Noel Towell   Australian companies are having their identities hijacked by international criminals who use them to try to defraud the Australian Taxation Office.

Tax refunds targeted by cyber crims

Noel Towell and Lisa Cox   Tens of thousands of taxpayers forced to wait for refunds amid suspicion of identity theft.

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Public service to ban paper in boxes

Phillip Thomson   One powerful agency head warns against "tyranny of small person" as sweeping reforms released for public service.

Uber 'planning to raise another $1b'

LESLIE PICKER and MIKE ISAAC   Just three months after raising an enormous sum of money from investors, Uber is at it again.

Security

Russian actions stoke fears of blackout

David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt   Fears Russians might be planning attack on undersea internet cables after sub and spy ships spotted near them.

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