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Want to break free from big tech? 'Self‑hosting' could be the answer
28 July 2026
Self-hosting is a general catch-all term for taking control of your own data. It comes in many flavours.
Australian scam victims could get rapid $3,000 refunds. Yet in the UK, it’s more like $160,000
1 June 2026
The median scam in Australia last year cost $400 – so a rapid refund of up to $3,000 sounds generous. But take a closer look and it starts to look oddly low.
Recent Media Interviews
AI scams, automation in aged care classification and AI filtering of offensive social media posts
27th October 2026Interview discussing the prevalence of AI scams, how the use of automated decision making in aged care funding is getting it wrong, and, the use of AI by politicians to filter offensive and harmeful social media posts.
AI pet scams
26th October 2026Interview discussing the increase in AI-enabled scams targetting owners who post about missing pets.
PHP2Shell: the 14-year-old bugs that pulled cyber.gov.au and government sites worldwide offline
23rd October 2026PHP is a programming language used by a large proportion of the world’s website (with estimates of up to 75% of sites using it). The team behind PHP announced a critical vulnerability on the 20th October which was then followed by a patch (a software remedy) for the vulnerability the following day.
Listen / ReadPosting holiday pics online? Here's how AI is turning your happy snaps against you
13th August 2026The scary new AI travel scam leveraging your social media photos - and how to outsmart it.
Listen / ReadHow to avoid the AusAlert alarm
23rd July 2026While AusAlert could be a critical, life-saving technology, not everyone will welcome the testing of the platform...
Listen / ReadPartnered Health Cyber Incident
15-16th July 2026Telstra Outage
9th July 2026New SMS scam protections
29th June 2026Scam reimbursements
12th June 2026Scam reimbursements
2nd June 2026Scam reimbursements
2nd June 2026Scam reimbursements
1st June 2026Scam reimbursements
1st June 2026Scam reimbursements
1st June 2026Scam reimbursements
1st June 2026Scam reimbursements
29th May 2026Bluetooth surveillance
12th May 2026Scams
10th May 2026WA digital drivers licence trial sparks cybersecurity concerns from expert
28th April 2026AI supercharging online scams as regulator ASIC takes down almost 12,000 sites in a year
7th April 2026Age restrictions
9th March 2026On-line shopping scams
26th December 2025Exploring on-line shopping scams in the run up to Christmas
