Scammers are now having you call them
It’s much easier to trick people when the victim ends up calling the scammer. That’s the latest approach, and it may even prevent telco protections from working.
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AI & The World: Why agents are causing drama
Near the end of 2026, there are now so many regular incidents around the world where an artificial intelligence system is going “rogue”. What’s going on?
Can scams come in from real, known businesses?
It’s not just unknown addresses. Companies you know and use in your day to day can be just as responsible for sending you threats you can fall for.
Origin hack leaves Aussies exposed, what can you do?
Another week, another breach, as one of Australia’s leading energy companies finds its data in the hands of someone else. If that’s you, what can you do?
AusAlert set to alarm phones on July 27… what will happen?
Every Australian is going to hear a test at the end of July, with phones and mobile wearables likely to see and hear it… whether they want to or not. Will it affect your calls?
Not the same: what AI music learned from Australia’s artists
You’re not allowed to create music referencing the name of an artist like David Bowie or Elton John, but just how protected are the names of Australian artists?
What happened during the 2026 Telstra outage?
A day Telstra would likely rather forget, a serious issue took out the country’s biggest telco one morning, leaving it difficult to connect to until much later. What happened?
Why changes to the sender ID could prevent SMS scams
Text message scams are about to lose one of their convincing methods if trickery, as the government steps in.
End-to-end encryption coming for RCS, so where is RCS in Australia?
iPhone and Android customers should be able to talk in a messaging system not unlike Apple Messages, complete with security for their texts. So where is RCS in Australia?
How close are we to Star Wars technology today?
There are lots of crazy ideas in science fiction that don’t exist yet, but here are five sci-fi concepts and how close we are right now.
