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The article reports on a warning issued by South Australia Police after over 12 reports of a blackmail spam email threatening to expose customers of adultery website Ashley Madison in October 2015. Topics covered include how Ashley Madison was hacked by the group called Team Impact and how the hacking group gained access to a large volume of data.

The article reports that police in South Australia have issued a warning after more than 12 instances of a blackmail spam e-mail which threatens to expose customers of dating website Ashley Madison emerged from the state.

The article informs that Telyste Australian Smartphone and Wearable Devices Market Study 2015-2019 reveal that iPhone had a 41 per cent share of the Australian smartphone market while Windows Phone devices accounted for just 5 per cent of smartphone sales. Topics discussed include Sony overtook HTC in the first half of 2015 to become the third largest smartphone vendor in Australia, behind Apple and Samsung and prediction of selling of 4.5 million smartphones in the second half of 2015.

A sudden downpour didn't dampen spirits as the AusCERT organisation celebrated its 13th annual conference and information security awards night on the Gold Coast. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the consideration of the Internet of Things (IoT) as a disruption to data center management. It is expected that IoT need to rethink of the data center capacity management in dealing with huge growth in data. The challenges associated to IoT architectures such as homogenous data influx entity and user privacy are discussed.

The article offers information on the benefits in terms of savings by the implementation of the National Telepresence System (NTS) in Australia, which provides a secure and high definition video conferencing facility to government offices and agencies in the country.

The article reports on the ultra-fast broadband that will be provided by the internet service provider (ISP) TelstraClear Ltd. in Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2010. It states that about 10 million dollars have been invested by the ISP to the network update called data over cable service interface specifications (DOCSIS3) to deliver the upgraded services in more places. Moreover, the said broadband plan is also in accordance with the plan of the government itself.

The article reports on the launch of the Nightfall video game by the HighPolyMonster, a game development team in Auckland, New Zealand. It notes that the team, which is composed of graduate students from the Media Design School, developed the game using the tools such Microsoft Visual Studio, Autodesk Maya and Emergent's Gambryo. Roy Lee, the lead programmer of the team, explains that in this game, the shooter has to fight against aliens.

The article presents views from the rural sector regarding the broadband investment plan in New Zealand. It notes that the government has allocated 48 million dollars for rural broadband users, while the urban dwellers get a 1.5 billion dollars fibre deal. Communications minister Steven Joyce said the budget was insufficient to deliver ultra-fast broadband to rural communities. Federated Farmers spokesperson Donald Aubrey notes the importance of access to information in the farming sector.

The article reports on the significance of implementing secure socket layer (SSL) encryption in mailboxes by Internet service providers (ISPs) in New Zealand. It reveals that SSL helps enhance the security of login information by customers when using wireless-fidelity (wi-fi) connection. Among the ISPs that utilize SSL on their electronic mails, include Vodafone Group PLC, Orcon Internet Ltd., and Telecom New Zealand Ltd.

The article reports on the victory of Team Think in the 2009 Microsoft Imagine Cup in New Zealand. The team is composed of Graham Smart, Chun Ling Wong and Michael Trengrove who came from the Lincoln University. In order to win the challenge, Team Think has devised a program with the aim to improve education with the use of a simple tablet and personal computer (PC) interface. The program deals with handwriting recognition and audio outputs with the use of the tablets.

The article reports that Telecom will invest more than half a billion dollars in the rollout of a 3G mobile network in New Zealand by June 2009. According to the author, the network will use Wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology on a frequency of 850 MHZ. The frequency will allow mobile broadband speeds up to three times faster than any current network, the company reveals.

The article reports on inclination of store chain Reject Shop towards android based computers Zebra MC40 for improvement of customers experience. Topics discussed include management of mobile devices across the firm's stores by single interface, contribution of two-dimensional bar code scanning by MD40, usage of enterprise mobility management SOTI MobiControl for management of Windows CE scanning devices and views of Ed Tollinton, Chief information officer (CIO) of the firm, over the same.

The article discusses the latest report by Arbor Networks which noted that the side of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks globally continues to grow with the largest being 500 gigahits per second. Respondents to the Arber Networks survey reported attacks of 450, 425 and 337 gigahits per second while 5 respondents reported attacks of 200 Gbps or more. It notes an increase in DDoS attacks against DNS infrastructure that resulted in a customer visible outage.