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83 percent of New Zealanders internet users

Posted March 17th, 2010 by peter

The second survey by the World Internet Project from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has been published. Highlights were: The number of internet users rose form 79% in 2007 to 83% in 2009 Broadband usage jumped to 82% compared with 67% in 2007 The proportion of users that use their mobile phones to access [...]

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Phishers – what are they and what do they do

Posted March 10th, 2010 by peter

Computerworld reported this morning (their London correspondent Carrie-Ann Skinner) that cybercriminals are expanding the types of organisations they exploit in phishing attacks. This got my attention. Well done Carrie-Ann It appears that a record number of brands (356) were hijacked in phishing attacks during October last year – a whopping 4.4 % increase (0ver the [...]

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