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Telstra Offers Spotify Down Under

Computer Daily News October 18, 2019 No Comments

Telstra has kicked off a Spotify app on its Telstra TV operation. With the new app for Spotify, members can access Spotify’s 50 million tracks 450,000 podcasts – all directly…

Australia & NZ Top Ransomware Attacks: 91% Of Businesses Hit

Computer Daily News October 18, 2019 No Comments

A survey of more than 1400 small-medium business (SMB) decision-makers has found that ransomware remains the most common cyber threat to their businesses, according to a report by IT managed…

Fortnite Returns From The Dead

Computer Daily News October 17, 2019 No Comments

After Epic Games spread fear among its tens of millions of fans that the epic Fortnite may be over, the shoot ’em all before they shoot you battle royale has…

Equinix Excited About The Edge

Computer Daily News October 17, 2019 No Comments

Equinix’s latest annual Global Interconnection Index predicts global private connectivity at the edge will grow by 51 per cent compound annually to exceed a total bandwidth capacity of more than…

SMEs Blasé About Cyber Security

Computer Daily News October 17, 2019 No Comments

A survey of Australian SMEs undertaken by Unisys has revealed an alarmingly blasé attitude to cyber security among the CEOs of small companies, and a disconnect between their views of…

‘Telcos Must Pull Their Weight’ Govt. Launches New Crackdown On Mobile Phone Number Scams

Computer Daily News October 17, 2019 No Comments

The Morrison Government is introducing new regulations for Australia’s telcos, aimed at combating what’s perceived to be a growing threat of mobile phone numbers being hijacked by fraudsters. The move…

Aust Scammers Use Office 365, CBA Brands In Phishing Attacks

Computer Daily News October 14, 2019 No Comments

Australian-based cloud and e-mail security service MailGuard is warning that scammers have hijacked Microsoft’s Office 365 brand and the Commonwealth Bank’s logo to set up e-mail-based phishing scams. The Office…

Qld Cops Deploy Crash-Site Drones

Computer Daily News October 14, 2019 No Comments

Queensland Police has begun deploying drones to map major traffic incidents in a bid to drastically cut down the amount of time spent at crash sites. The State’s forensic crash-unit…

OECD Tech Giants Tax Plan

Computer Daily News October 11, 2019 No Comments

International economic body, the OECD, has published new proposals aimed at making global tech companies pay more tax. The proposals would give governments more power to tax companies such as…

Call For Security Check On TikTok’s Musical.ly Deal

Computer Daily News October 11, 2019 No Comments

US Senator Marco Rubio has asked a national security watchdog to review the acquisition of Musical.ly by TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance Technology. Rubio accused TikTok of being used…