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With the arrival of an SMS "informing" of a potential win, it's a good time to point out that scams don't really have a season, and are more a permanent year-round thing.

A week of cameras and security news, ahead of what will likely be a phone free-for-all in the coming days. This week, check out what's new from Canon, D-Link, and how scammers are trying to trap you, plus a pair of JBL headphones reviewed.

Holidays and special days can be great fun for everyone, but they can also be lucrative for scammers and cybercriminals, and that's something at least one company has picked up on.

We've heard for a long time that a padlock means a website is secure, but more websites than ever have a lock and are secure. With that in mind, it this rule really fair dinkum?

You may not be cruising the cryptocoin and Bitcoin boat, but if you are and you use Mac or Windows, watch out: malware is about.

Are the 4G extras from Telstra and Vodafone worth it? What's new in phones, headphones, and security? And is the HTC U12+ worth your time and money? All these questions answered, and a little bit more. This is The Wrap.

Security software as it stands is generally focused on the device, but a new concept could shift the focus to where it belongs: you.

Our own personal security is paramount, but what about the security of the parts of our family that we look after and care for?

Social networking brings us together with people we'd love to stay in contact with, and keeps the communication going. But what happens when it seems your friends are cloned, and why do people pretend to be your friends? Who are the fake friends, and what's their purpose?

Try as you might, you won't get away from the scourge of cybercrime all that easily, but Australia's Crime Reporting program is going to try and lessen the blow with a bit of help from Kaspersky Labs.