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IN THE NEWS: ACCAN’s Cyber safety tip sheets for small business, ACCC begins inquiry into regulation of telecommunications services and more
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ACCAN has teamed up with auDA to produce a series of tipsheets with the aim of keeping small business cyber safe. Topics covered include Choosing a Website Domain, Managing your Website Domain and Troubleshooting your Website. Tipsheets are available both online and in hardcopy. If you would like to receive copies to distribute to your community, get in touch and we’ll get them to you. [ACCAN]
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The ACCC has commenced a combined public inquiry into whether nine wholesale telecommunications services that support the provision of broadband, voice and data transmission services should continue to be regulated. [ACCC media release]
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has taken action against a number of telcos after compliance failures were used by scammers to send SMS road toll, Medicare and Australia Post impersonation scams to consumers. [ACMA news article]
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More and more young men are being blackmailed for money after sending sexual images or videos of themselves to criminals posing as attractive young women, with sexual extortion reports to eSafety almost tripling in the first quarter of 2023. [esafety commissioner media release]
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Scammers have devised another scheme to get money from unwary victims: they are now targeting people who speak Mandarin by pretending to represent a government agency, threatening users to disconnect their phone service, warned the Australian Communications and Media Authority.[iTWire]
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A report published by cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint found that although Australian organisations have generally responded to recent high-profile companies and proposed legislative changes, employee complacency leaves them at risk. [iTWire]
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PayID is a popular payment system that has been used to transfer funds for more than five years. But, as Scamwatch warns, consumers need to remain vigilant as Australian’s lost $260,000 to PayId scams last year alone. [news.com]
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The ACMA is warning consumers to be wary of callers pretending to be from well-known companies or government agencies claiming there’s a problem with their devices or accounts and wanting to fix it remotely. There’s a good chance that it’s a scam. [ACMA article]
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Meta and TikTok complied with 3654 of 4517 requests for user data from Australian authorities relating to 5338 accounts last year. The statistics are included in the platforms’ latest biannual transparency reports. [itnews]
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Australia's smartphone shipments fell by 7.6% in the first three months of 2023, reflecting a global trend that saw a 12% drop. [iTWire]
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