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Southeast Asia's Cyber-Scam Industry Booms, Triggering Global Alarm

A report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has uncovered the dramatic expansion of the cyber-scam industry in Southeast Asia, revealing a complex web of transnational organized crime that's generating tens of billions of dollars in illicit profits annually.

Bots Overtake Humans: AI-Powered Traffic Now Dominates the Internet

In a significant shift in global internet usage patterns, automated bot traffic has surpassed human-generated activity for the first time in a decade, according to the 2025 Imperva Bad Bot Report

2025 A Turning Point for Transformation Specialists

New data released by Allura Partners reveals salaries and career opportunities for organisational transformation roles are expected to rise by an average of 10% to 15% in 2025, with demand fuelled by a 57% surge in job postings over the last quarter.

NewsGuard Launches AI News Misinformation Monitor

A monthly AI News Misinformation Monitor introduced by Newsguard will evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the 10 leading generative AI services, tracking how each is responding to prompts related to significant falsehoods in the news. 

Only 29% of IT Workers Have High Intent to Stay With Current Employer: Survey

IT workers are more inclined to quit their jobs than employees in other functions, with a 10.2% lower intent to stay than non-IT employees - the lowest out of all corporate functions, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. Gartner surveyed 18,000 employees globally in Q4 2021, including 1,755 employees in the IT function. Responses were collected monthly across 40 different countries in 15 languages.

Beem It to build eftpos national QR code payments utility 

eftpos subsidiary, Beem It, has been selected to build the company’s national QR code utility. The new QR code payments capability, which will be offered by eftpos, is expected to be in market as early as July 2021, with multiple merchants in trial.

Did someone drop a zero? Australia's digital economy budget spend should be 10 times bigger

The federal budget for 2021-22 promises A$1.2 billion over the next six years to support the Digital Economy Strategy, a plan to make Australia “a leading digital economy and society by 2030”.

Trust in data privacy increases during pandemic: ANU

COVID-19 has seen Australians become more trusting of organisations and governments when it comes to their personal data and privacy, according to new research. The Australian National University (ANU) study examined more than 3,200 Australians’ attitudes toward data privacy and security before and during the coronavirus pandemic, including the use of the COVIDSafe app. 

My staff don't want to return to work - coming back after COVID19

As Australia commences it’s return to normality, the internet is already abuzz with questions about the return of employees to their workplaces. When will it happen? How will it happen? And, increasingly, can I refuse to return when my boss tells me it’s time?

The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy

Since its release on Sunday, experts and members of the public alike have raised privacy concerns with the federal government’s COVIDSafe mobile app. The contact tracing app aims to stop COVID-19’s spread by “tracing” interactions between users via Bluetooth, and alerting those who may have been in proximity with a confirmed case.

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