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• Oneflare fined $75,600 for spamming

  Sydney-based online marketplace, Oneflare, has been slapped with a $75,600 infringement notice following an Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation into breaches of the Spam Act 2003.

• Internet pioneer Paul Vixie: Build roads, not walls

  ​'Are you an optimist?' was the question put to Paul Vixie last week at Kaspersky's security analyst summit in Singapore, when he took to the stage to receive the security company's 'MVP' award.

• NSW hit by Roads & Maritime Services email scam

  NSW residents hit by a new email scam masked as a direct email from the State’s Roads & Maritime Services department.

• ​Digitisation not about ‘McDonalds analytics’: ANZ CTO

  The fundamental element of any digital transformation project is actually understanding what’s important to the customer not doing what ANZ’s chief technology officer, Patrick Maes describes as ‘McDonalds analytics.’
  

• When it comes to spam, IBM's SoftLayer is the host with the most

  IBM may be the fastest-growing vendor in the worldwide security software market, but it's also the owner of the world's largest source of spam.

• Google, Yahoo tighten spam filtering

  Google and Yahoo are expanding their use of a successful system used to detect spam.

• Spammers target Aussies at tax time

  Cyber crooks are impersonating representatives from the Australian Taxation Office through malicious spam campaigns and telephone scams targeting people at tax time.
  

• In Pictures: Top 10 botnet targets in the US and worldwide

  Level 3’s research report analyses botnet activity around the world

• ACMA, Privacy Commissioner to collaborate on spam, telemarketing issues

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work closer together on telecommunications, spam and telemarketing issues.
  

• ACMA wants to dump outdated spam code

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking public comment on its proposal to deregister the long-standing and outdated Industry Spam Code of Practice.
  

• SAGE-AU cuts spam by 80 per cent from mailing lists

  Australian not-for-profit IT professionals' association, SAGE-AU, has cut spam from its mailing lists by 80 per cent since the rollout of a security solution in September 2013.

• Fake emails on the rise, warns Telstra

  Billions of hoax emails are sent every year around the world with Australians inevitably getting targeted according to Telstra.

• Boston Marathon spam targets Australians: SCAMwatch

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s SCAMwatch is warning people not to click on spam emails which claim to contain links to websites with information about the Boston Marathon explosions.
  

• Lovers urged to watch out for Valentine’s Day scams

  Online scammers and cyber criminals have turned their attention to Valentine’s Day with a number of traps set for 14 February.

• Some Facebook users asked for $100 to message Zuckerberg

  Want to send a message directly to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg? It might cost you $100, if you don't want it to wind up in his spam folder.