AFP Investigating “Worst Ever” Cyber Attack On Nine
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March 31, 2021
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The Australian Federal Police and NSW Police are now investigating the ominous cyber attack which crippled operations at Nine Network over the... Read More
Nine Cyber Attack Could Impact Operations For Weeks
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March 30, 2021
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A devastating cyber attack on the Nine Network which brought live broadcasting to a grinding halt could impact the company’s operations for... Read More
More Oz Companies Hit By Ransomware: New Report
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March 30, 2021
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New research shows Australia’s shift to remote work has intensified data protection challenges that are struggling to protect the explosion of Office... Read More
DTA In Firing Line As ASD Investigates Parlt. Security Breach
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March 30, 2021
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IT security arrangements at Parliament House, as well as government contractors, are under scrutiny from the Australian Signals Directorate after a cyber-attack... Read More
Parliament, Channel Nine Hit By “Worst” Cyberattack In History
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March 29, 2021
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The Nine Network has been the target of the worst cyber attack on a media company in Australian history, with news production... Read More
Fibre To The Node Falters As NBN Speeds Surge
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March 29, 2021
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NBN performance has continued to improve, with fixed-line customers experiencing their highest speeds yet in December – but fibre to the node... Read More
NBN Price Hike ‘Inevitable’, Says Telcos
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March 25, 2021
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Australian telco giants are calling for NBN to overhaul its pricing model in fear of lower-income families being left out in the... Read More
AFP Warning: 2021 Will Be Year Of The Cybercriminal
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March 23, 2021
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Australians are being urged to make ready for an onslaught of cyber criminals and hackers trying to steal their data and raid... Read More
Verkada Hacker Charged
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March 22, 2021
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A Swiss computer hacker who exposed images from more than 150,000 company surveillance cameras from around the world, including Australia, has been... Read More
Top Aussie Spook Urges Biz, Govt To Boost Hacker Defence
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March 17, 2021
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Australia’s national cyber security agency, the Australian Cyber Security Centre, is urging businesses and other Down Under organisations to urgently beef up... Read More
Major Oz Retailers Exposed To Security Hack
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March 16, 2021
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Security cameras used by more than 100 Australian organisations, including retailers, have been caught up in a hack that has exposed serious... Read More
NBN Co To Start Consulting On Gigabit Speeds For FttC
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March 8, 2021
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NBN Co is set to start consulting with industry this month on an extension of its top speed tiers, up to one... Read More
NBN Co To Resume HFC Drive
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March 1, 2021
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NBN Co, which paused HFC sales earlier this month, due to the global shortage of chips, is expecting to resume taking orders... Read More
A Thousand Fingerprints On SolarWinds Attack
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February 17, 2021
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REDMOND: Microsoft has analysed the SolarWinds hack and says it suggests the code behind the crack was the work of a thousand... Read More
Will Aussies Pay More For NBN Next Year?
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February 16, 2021
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Australian users could be paying more for broadband from May next year, with NBN Co floating a two-dollar increase to the fixed... Read More
400 More Aussies Hit For $37 Million In Scam Wars
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February 15, 2021
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CANBERRA: Australians reported a record-breaking $37 million lost to Scamwatch dating and romance scams last year, the government-owned Australian Competition and Consumer... Read More
AFP Brings Down Phishing Scam Impacting Australians
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February 15, 2021
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CANBERRA: An Australian Federal Police operation has led to an international investigation into one of the world’s largest phishing scams that has... Read More
Global Wireless Charging Market To Top $17 Billion In 2026
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February 10, 2021
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The wireless charging market is expected to hit $13.4 billion USD ($17.3 billion AUD) in five years, with APAC expected to be... Read More
NBN Co Stops Taking HFC Orders
SYDNEY: NBN Co will halt taking orders for hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) services due to a global shortage of chips used in... Read More
Telstra To Litter Suburbs With New 5G Millimetre Wave Towers Just To Compete With NBN
The bitter battle between Telstra and NBN is set to see the big carrier litter suburbs in Australia with 5G millimetre wave... Read More
Yankee Juniper Eyes NBN Biz
MELBOURNE: US-based Juniper Networks appears to be looking to increase its Australian business, announcing a deal to join the NBN’s Technology Alliance... Read More
Cyber Criminals Boost Profits From Attacks Targeting Old Users
CANBERRA: In November, money lost to all types of scams rose to $18.7 million, up 20.2pc from the $15.6 million reported in... Read More
Uniden Launches Solar Powered Wireless Security Cam
Uniden is releasing a new addition to its App Cam Solo line of home security cameras with the App Cam Solo Pro,... Read More
Broadband Speeds Hit Record High During Covid-19 Pandemic
Download speeds were the highest they have ever been during the pandemic, according to a new report published by consumer watchdog the... Read More
Criminals Funnelling Money From Businesses In Sophisticated Email Scam
Criminals are exploiting auto-forwarding rules to help successfully funnel money using Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, the FBI warns. The COVID-19 pandemic,... Read More
We Are Watching You, Aussie Banks, APRA Outfit Warns
SYDNEY: Australian banks and other big money handlers have copped a grim warming from the little-known, but quite powerful Australian Prudential Rights... Read More
Oz Cabinet Rejig To Open Door For Anti-Ransom Push
CANBERRA: Scott Morrison will set up a new cyber security role as part of a Cabinet reshuffle next month, following the departure... Read More
BREAKING: Amazon Web Services Down
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has suffered a major outage, bringing down a swathe of websites and services with it. Issues were reported... Read More
Telcos Slam Telstra’s NBN Ambitions, Optus Leading Charge
Optus is leading the charge against Telstra’s grand plans to restructure and buy the NBN, with the telco rival calling on the... Read More
Belkin Unveils Wireless Charging Speaker Stand
Belkin has released a wireless charging stand with a built-in Bluetooth speaker, for playing audio as you charge your phone. The new... Read More
MDC Plans $50m Spend On Data
SYDNEY: Macquarie Data Centres, which operates five datacentre locations across Australia, says it expects to spend an additional $50 million in coming... Read More
Aussies Warned On PayPal Scam
SYDNEY: Australians have been warned of another PayPal scam creeping into their inboxes. Mailguard, an e-mail security outfit, warns of a malicious... Read More
High-Speed NBN Tops Five Million Users During COVID
The number of Australian broadband users on high-speed plans has topped five million for the first time, fuelled by pandemic demand. A... Read More
Microsoft Outlook Goes Down On Same Day As Xbox Live Outage
Microsoft’s Outlook email service was hit by an outage early this morning. Reports to website downdetector.com spiked around 8am Sydney time today,... Read More
Zoom Boosts Security In Bid To Avoid Litigation
SAN FRANCISCO: Videoconferencing platform Zoom has agreed to boost its security to settle claims it misled users about access to online meetings... Read More
Compal Denies It Has Been Targeted By Ransomware
TAIPEI: The world’s second largest laptop manufacturer, Taiwanese electronics company Compal, has denied reports that it has been hit by a ransomware... Read More
ACCC Gives Tick To NBN Wholesale Improvements
The ACCC has given the thumbs up to proposed improvements in NBN wholesale arrangements, which it says will be good for broadband... Read More
UPDATED Optus Pays $250M For Amaysim In Effort To Grow Mobile Base
Days after cutting a questionable deal with Harvey Norman, Optus has moved to acquire listed mobile phone and data business Amaysim –... Read More
Optus Join Forces With Cartridge World In Retail Deal
Printing solutions provider, Cartridge World, has inked a deal with Optus to sell its prepaid SIM cards, recharge cards and handsets from... Read More
Telco Ombudsman Concerned After SME Complaints Jump 28%
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has expressed concern after small business complaints soared 28% during July – September 2020, lead by internet... Read More
NBN Extends Fibre To Extra 100K Premises, Continues $4.5B Upgrade
The NBN Co has commenced extending fibre to another 100,000 premises this week, as it invests deeper into selected communities within metro... Read More
Optus Inks Cyber Networking Deal
SYDNEY: Optus is linking with cybersecurity company Fortinet to offer secure, software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) to its enterprise and government customers. Optus... Read More
Netgear Confirm Next-Gen WiFi 6 Gaming Router Coming November
Netgear has confirmed its next-generation Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR1000 WiFi 6 router will land in Australia in late November, initially available through... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:Brilliant New Gateway Allows More Than 200,000 Smart Products, To Be Controlled From One App
Brilliant, a Melbourne based company that is a major supplier in the lighting market, has developed a Nexus Gateway smarthouse controller that... Read More
NBN Player Aussie Broadband Debuts On ASX With $40m IPO
Aussie Broadband, Australia’s fifth largest provider of telecommunications services, debuted today on the ASX with an oversubscribed $40m initial public offering (IPO).... Read More
New Arlo Spotlight Camera To Release In Oz November
Arlo’s new Essential XL Spotlight Camera is set to release in Australia next month. Featuring a battery that can run for a... Read More
Microsoft Kneecaps Global Malware Network
Microsoft has taken a sledgehammer to an infamous botnet with the potential to interfere in the upcoming US elections. Trickbot, a global... Read More
Canberra’s New Push To Bring Tech To Small Biz
CANBERRA: Last night’s Federal Budget delivery by Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, pictured, has shown that the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected all... Read More
Optus Reduce Game Lag By 30%, Traffic Up By 75%
Optus has declared war on online gaming lag with its new Game Path service, which it says will reduce lag by up... Read More
Dodgy Cisco Nobbled By Judge Ordered To Pay $2.65 Billion
Cisco Systems the networking Company that sold Linksys to Belkin has been ordered to pay a $2.65 billion after they were found... Read More
