Information and Communication

Australian officials are increasingly worried about the Pacific's vulnerability to cyber attacks, with the government spending $26 million to set up "rapid assistance" teams made up of experts from the private sector and specialists from intelligence agencies like the Australian Signals Directorate.

Submissions to a Senate inquiry outline what happened behind the scenes as Optus rushed to fix its recent outage.

Scammers are using multinational brands — including a food delivery company and beloved character Paddington Bear — in a bid to steal money from Australian Facebook users.

Issues between blue and green message bubbles could soon be a thing of the past, as Apple moves to adopt the RCS standard.

Optus is facing growing scrutiny after some triple-0 calls failed during its unprecedented outage.

Fearing that telecommunications companies have been left to manage their own cyber affairs with limited oversight, the home affairs minister imposes new reporting obligations in an attempt to prevent another Optus-style hack.

Multiple investigations have been launched into yesterday's Optus outage that left millions with phone and internet - now Australia waits to find out, what went wrong. 

Telecommunications experts warn Australia’s major mobile providers are vulnerable to another major outage due to gradual cost-cutting and a critical lack of regulation.

Corrective Services NSW has turned off three websites, including two news sites, as prisoners use a function on their tablets to search inmates' crimes and carry out violence.

Optus suffered one of the largest telecommunications outages in Australian history on Wednesday. Here are the factors that can cause such events.

The tools allow advertisers to create backgrounds, adjust images and produce variations of ad copy in response to simple text prompts.

Australian retailer Kmart has paid a $1.3 million fine for having sent more than 200,000 marketing emails to people who had already unsubscribed.

Releasing the government's first review into Australia critical infrastructure networks, the home affairs minister says insider threats in hospitals, energy facilities and other essential networks have become one of the greatest threats to Australia's national security.

Dozens of foreign passport holders have begun entering the Rafah crossing from Gaza, while ambulances and trucks filled with humanitarian aid line up on the Egypt side of the border. 

Sundar Pichai says the intent of the payments is to make the user experience "seamless and easy".

A grim information war is raging parallel to the physical violence in Israel and Gaza, and while this form of warfare is as old as war itself, with help from social media it's now happening in real-time on a massive scale.

Little was known about the 3,000 mysterious contributors to the first edition of the Oxford dictionary. Then a former editor made a fascinating discovery.

Winds of up to 159kph batter Tasmania overnight and this morning, causing damage to houses, cars and power infrastructure. They also caused delays to this year's Royal Hobart Show dog competition.

Mateo Veneracion never thought he would fall victim to a sextortion scam, but he is among a growing number of young men being targeted on social media. 

Group chats are more popular than ever, and offer a more intimate form of conversation compared to social media. But unclear rules of engagement can lead to problems.

Anxiety about coming out. Name calling. Feeling you can't be your true self at work. Three LGBTQIA+ journalists discuss some of the hurdles they've experienced in their careers.

X and Facebook have been ordered to remove illegal content and misinformation, or face severe penalties.

The government has agreed to proposals that would allow Australians to opt out of targeted advertising, require search engines to "de-index" certain information about them, and draw small businesses into Australia's privacy scheme.

The end of Rupert Murdoch's reign signals the end of an era — but who are the world's other billionaire media moguls shaping our politics and society?

Scams are everywhere. And while authorities, banks, telcos work on this never ending battle, customers need to be aware and alert.