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GUEST RESEARCH: As Australia gears up for the next federal election, cyber experts are warning that scammers will use the heightened political engagement to target unsuspecting Australians—just as they did in the lead-up to the U.S. election.

Australians navigating the online dating world are falling victim to scams, with victims' financial losses averaging $11,914, according to a new report from consumer cyber safety company Norton.

Almost 3 in 5 Aussies are worried about falling victim to a cybercrime this holiday season

GUEST RESEARCH: Norton, a global leader in Cyber Safety and part of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), revealed that 7 out of 10 Australians are concerned about their personal details being compromised.

Cybercriminals can use artificial intelligence to create realistic and sophisticated threats, according to one global cyber safety company.

Australians are urged to protect themselves from bogus holiday deals and shopping scams this Christmas season, with research that 74% of Australians plan to cut costs due to rising living costs.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Internet security software is a vital component of online life today for all your devices, with Norton 360 Advanced also including identity theft insurance for the first time, and with cyber scammers more cunning that ever before, we look at the findings of two new Cyber Safety Insights and Pulse reports focusing on child safety and the latest scams afflicting us all.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Internet security software is a vital component of online life today for all your devices, with Norton 360 Advanced also including identity theft insurance for the first time, and with cyber scammers more cunning that ever before, we look at the findings of two new Cyber Safety Insights and Pulse reports focusing on child safety and the latest scams afflicting us all.

Norton, which these days styles itself as "NortonLifeLock" following its purchase of the LifeLock business in the US, has released its Norton 360 for Gamers globally, featuring "dark web monitoring for gamer tags, a secure VPN, and fewer product notifications to combat game disruption".

Australia will be the second country to get Norton Core's Wi-Fi and device security for the connected home, which are claimed to deliver protection for all IoT devices, PCs, Macs, phones, tablets and more, with arguably the best security router available.

Australian small to medium businesses — that is 97% of all Australian businesses — lose around $6600 each time they suffer a cyber attack, according to Norton’s recent SMB Cyber Security Survey.

Despite known dangers in online shopping, especially to snag a bargain that is “too good to be true”, Australians are still behaving badly online.

Cyber-attacks, hacks, breaches, data loss, DDoS, ransomware and more are a fact of life, but so far it seems only the big end of town, not SMEs, receive the publicity. It is a case of when, not if, the Australian government will introduce mandatory data breach notification revealing the true extent of the pain.

Symantec’s Norton Wi-Fi Privacy VPN for iOS and Android is set to be launched globally. Here is the full launch video in Australia

Children are more likely to expose personally identifiable information to strangers online – which is understandable as they have not had time to grow old and cynical like their parents yet!

If you are confused at the difference between Norton Internet Security, Norton Antivirus, Norton 360, and Norton Family Premiere – the new Norton Security Premium bundles everything at a competitive price.

Millennials – those under 35 years young – appear not to have a problem sharing intimate information online, either in return for so-called free services, on social media, or just because they don’t know any better.