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Figures released by telco Vodafone reveal Australian travellers are spending thousands of dollars to replace and repair their mobile phones.

The au Domain Administration (auDA), the organisation that administers the Australian domain namespace, today launches the inaugural Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy Australia (APIGA Australia), an intensive two day event to be held in Melbourne over 20-21 November 2024.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is warning people to be on the lookout for “tax-themed scam emails”, SMS and calls over the coming months, looking to take advantage of Australians who are “submitting tax returns or waiting for the outcome of an assessment”.

COMPANY NEWS: Australian Payments Plus (AP+) today announced its digital identity solution, ConnectID, is now available to ANZ Plus customers.

Consumers are being warned to beware of anyone instructing them to download software or an app over the phone, following a recent rise in reported losses to remote access scams.

New data from job site Indeed reveals Aussies as “overwhelmingly fearless” when it comes to the adoption of AI in the workplace.

Australians report that their top three priorities of the country’s renewable energy transition are affordability, energy self-reliance and emissions reductions, with reliability being a close fourth, according to a new survey by the national science agency, CSIRO.

Bendigo Bank has expanded its partnership with Good Things Foundation in a move it says will help provide even more support to customers facing a digital divide.

Australians are being warned to be alert this holiday season to scammers sending text messages and emails impersonating Australia Post and other well-known courier services.

Over half (60%) of Australians shop online weekly and the majority (67%) are concerned about the prevalence of online scams, yet one-quarter admit they are likely to click on a link via Facebook or other social media to get a good deal, according to recent research from digital security and privacy company Avast.

Almost 3 in 5 Aussies are worried about falling victim to a cybercrime this holiday season

GUEST RESEARCH: Norton, a global leader in Cyber Safety and part of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), revealed that 7 out of 10 Australians are concerned about their personal details being compromised.

Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC, is urging Australian households to shop around for their NBN broadband plans and check for any offers that represent better value for them, following NBN Co notifying retailers of changes to the wholesale prices that it will charge them from next month.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted NBN Co’s latest proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU), which includes measures designed to protect consumers from sharp price rises, reduce barriers to entry for new retailers and create incentives to fix systemic issues that drive poor NBN consumer experience.

Millions of Australians are ditching their phones after only two years or less, according to new research by comparison website Finder.

GUEST  OPINION by Adam LePeilbet, Senior Director and General Manager, Data Centre Solutions, Dell Technologies ANZ: Customers want a personalised, quick, and easy shopping experience. These expectations are heavily  shaped by online retail experiences, challenging brick-and-mortar retailers to transform their physical stores into engaging, personalised centres powered by real-time intelligence.

COMPANY NEWS by Telstra: Earlier in July, we talked about the results of our new SMS scam blocking feature, which in the preceeding three months since it was launched, had blocked over 185 million scam text messages.

Nine Cybersecurity Predictions For The Year Ahead

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Head of Asia Pacific and Japan at Ping Identity:  As Australian organisations dust themselves off from the challenges of 2022 and formulate plans for the year ahead, there are a range of key technological trends that will shape their chosen strategies.

Lifestyle and cultural shopping destination The Galeries will be collecting unwanted gifts on behalf of the Red Cross from December 26 as it brings attention to,  and expresses concern, that 80% of Australians receive unwanted gifts every year.

Banking industry veteran, Rob Craig has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer at payFURL, an Australian next generation online payment orchestration platform that connects merchants and retailers to tonline payment options available in Australia and globally.

Proofpoint research finds one in four top online retailers are failing to adequately protect Australians from potential email fraud

With one week to go until the start of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping period, cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint has released new research which has found one quarter (25%) of Australia’s top 100 online retailers are not taking appropriate measures to protect consumers from potential email fraud and cyber crime.