Social distancing and stay-home restrictions have brought about a boom in the number of Australians playing video games, with 762,000 new gamers getting into gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, according to a new survey.



Integrated facility services provider Spotless has been hit by ransomware, the company has confirmed.

It's 2020, and daily cyberattacks are the norm for companies these days, as nature's viruses join those from the world of tech to bring forth humanity's biggest challenges yet, but Acronis has risen to the cyber protection challenge.

Digital wine business, The Wine Collective, is claiming a world-first with the unveiling of an international digital marketplace in partnership with French wine merchant group CVBG.

Software applications, digital solutions and managed services vendor Civica has announced that Tasmania’s Glenorchy City Council and Victoria’s Prestige Paving have shifted critical asset management to the cloud, in moves designed to drive greater productivity and efficiencies in their operations.

Global security firm Sophos has questioned the connection drawn between ransomware attacks facilitated by the Trickbot botnet and threats to election security, with a senior researcher saying gangs did not generally target local governments specifically for political effect.

New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has released its first set of final decisions on the input methodologies that will apply to fibre fixed line access services, with new rules designed to safeguard consumers of fibre broadband.

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