If you’ve ever fallen for an email scam, you know that it’s easy to see the mistake in hindsight. Recognising the scam before it gets you is the real challenge. In this guide, I’ll show you the [...]
The stats don’t lie. Cybercrime is a profitable and growing industry. Australian businesses reported more than 5800 scams with losses exceeding AU$7.2 million in 2018 – a 53 per cent increase [...]
Smart speakers equipped with digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa are now the fastest-growing consumer technology since the smartphone. Nearly 100 million were sold in 2018 alone, a [...]
Here’s a quick question: how many things in your home or office, or on your person, are spying on you? Your phone’s a given, right? What about your Fitbit? Do you have a smartwatch? How about a [...]
At least 40% of Australian households now have at least one home “Internet of Things” device. These are fridges, window blinds, locks and other devices that are connected to the internet. While [...]
When it comes to personal cybersecurity, you might think you’re doing alright. Maybe you’ve got multi-factor authentication set up on your phone so that you have to enter a code sent to you by [...]
As people increasingly buy and install smart devices in their homes, all those cheap interconnected devices create new security problems for individuals and society as a whole. The problem is [...]
Every day, often multiple times a day, you are invited to click on links sent to you by brands, politicians, friends and strangers. You download apps on your devices. Maybe you use QR codes. Most [...]
Many of us start a typical day by checking our phones to read emails, social media posts and the weather. Our phones are trusted devices we use constantly throughout the day to communicate. But [...]
