Optus is overhauling its telemarketing practices consistent with an enforceable undertaking recently accepted by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. An ACMA investigation found Optus had inadequate telemarketing compliance systems, resulting in thousands of complaints about Optus telemarketers calling people with numbers listed on the Do Not Call Register. Many of these complaints came from [...]
ACMA a key partner in National Cyber Security Awareness Week 2011
May 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Australian Communications and Media Authority joins over 535 public, private and community organisations around Australia today to promote important cyber security messages during National Cyber Security Awareness Week 2011. ‘Everyone, everywhere, needs to be mindful of security issues whenever and however they go online,’ said ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman. ‘To be part of National [...]
Shortened URL spams on the rise?
May 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From what we’ve been receiving in our mailboxes, it looks like shortened URL spammers are active again. This includes messages from email accounts which had been reported as hacked. We have even been receiving messages from senders who we have not even heard for many years. Related Posts:$11,000 penalty for sending emails from downloaded email [...]
Computer virus telemarketers targetted
March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is ramping up its fight against computer virus telemarketers who try to convince a consumer that their computer has a virus they can remove for a fee, announced ACMA. “In the first three months of 2011, nearly half of all complaints about telemarketing calls made to numbers on the [...]
“Alpha-numerics” email spams
January 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
I understand what email spams like shortened hyperlinks, keywords, photos, poetry (?) and images are trying to accomplish. But the spams which have of late been hitting our mailbox are something we cannot understand. What are these spams trying to achieve? I am sure you have seen these spams as well. These are what I [...]
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