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CMC Invest data shows ETFs, Bitcoin lead retail trades

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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CMC Invest data shows Australian retail traders stayed net buyers in 2025, with ETFs dominating turnover and Bitcoin cracking the top 10.
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LOTUSLITE backdoor targets US policy bodies with lures

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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phishing
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advanced persistent threat protection
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email security
Politically themed LOTUSLITE phishing campaign hits US policy bodies, using DLL sideloading and espionage-focused backdoor tactics.
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Aspire secures key licences for global fintech rollout

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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payment technologies
Singapore fintech Aspire wins key licences in Australia, Europe and the US, paving the way for a global rollout of its business finance platform.
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Cloudflare warns of 358% surge in global DDoS attacks in 2025

Tue, 29th Apr 2025
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Cloudflare warns of a 358% surge in DDoS attacks in early 2025, blocking 20.5 million threats and revealing drastic changes in global cyberattack trends.
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Primer targets global expansion with new partnerships by 2025

Mon, 2nd Dec 2024
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fintech
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tencent
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airwallex
Primer sets ambitious growth targets for 2025, aiming to enhance its presence in the EU, US, and APAC amid rising demand for unified payment solutions.
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Tencent Cloud to open internet data centre hub in Bahrain

Thu, 4th Mar 2021
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Tencent Cloud has chosen Bahrain for its first internet data center hub in the Middle East and North Africa, set to launch this year.
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Kaspersky named one of the top 100 global innovators

Mon, 16th Mar 2020
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cybersecurity
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google
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amazon
For the second year, it made the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator list by Clarivate Analytics, which includes giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google.
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Tencent Cloud acquires key cloud security standard

Tue, 11th Feb 2020
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cloud security
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cloud services
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tencent
Tencent Cloud has acquired the Multi-Tier Cloud Security Standard, boosting its capability to provide top-level security for enterprise cloud users worldwide.
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Amazon still safely ahead of chasing pack in cloud infrastructure market

Tue, 7th May 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Despite Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and Tencent all substantially outpacing the overall market, Amazon is still clearly in front.
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Cloud providers increasingly jumping into gaming market

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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microsoft
Aa number of major cloud service providers are uniquely placed to capitalise on the lucrative cloud gaming market.
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Hyperscalers hurling colossal capital at data centres

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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iaas
The old proverb 'you have to spend money to make money' could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.
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AWS tops all four global markets, APAC a unique case

Wed, 21st Nov 2018
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data analytics
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Amazon Web Services leads the global public cloud market across all major regions, though the APAC scene is uniquely shaped by strong local competition.
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GDS Holdings and Alibaba China data center development underway

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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GDS Holdings is partnering with Alibaba to develop a new 5000 square meter data center campus in Hebei Province.
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It's local all the way for China's data center and cloud markets

Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Local companies are dominating China's flourishing data center and cloud markets - and will likely have an increasing impact on countries beyond China.