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Deepfake technology heads up the list of security concerns predicted for next year by Robert Le Busque, the Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific for Verizon Business Group.

Automation and security company Infoblox’s report has revealed threat actor Savvy Seahorse, a perpetrator of online cybercriminal investment scam websites, operating for at least since 2021 and targeting victims including people in ANZ.

GUEST RESEARCH: As of October 2023, researchers at Bitdefender Labs have been actively keeping tabs on steam-jacking attacks against high-profile YouTube accounts used to conduct myriad crypto doubling scams.

Global sales of electric vehicles have been predicted to hit 17.5 million units this year, meaning growth of 27.1% year-on-year, with the technology analyst firm Canalys adding that in 2023, sales grew by 29% and reached 13.7 million units.

The 2004 Consumer Electronics Show, CES, kicks off the year in tech next week in Las Vegas, with Samsung promising some major innovations to be unveiled.

Global sales of battery electrical vehicles increased by 29% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

Security specialist Bitdefender warns of a rapid increase in YouTube stream-jacking attacks that involve either re-directing followers of a popular channel or taking full control of it.

Global sales of electric vehicles grew by 49% year-on-year in the first six months of 2023, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that 6.2 million units were sold in this period.

More electric cars have been sold in Australia during the first six months of 2023 than during the whole of the previous year, the Electric Vehicle Council, a lobby group, says.

Healthcare AI company Harrison.ai has appointed Robyn Denholm to its board of directors.

Despite discontinuation of a government subsidy, electric vehicle sales in China during the first quarter of 2023 have grown by 29%, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, without providing any actual numbers.

Australia's eSafety commissioner has issued a legal notice to Twitter asking the company to provide information about how it is tackling the problem of online hate.

More than half a million Australians plan to buy electric vehicles over the next tour years, according to Roy Morgan Research, an independent Australian social and political market research and public opinion statistics company.

Global sales of electric vehicles in 2022 crossed 10.2 million, a rise of 65% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this figure would have crossed 11 million were it not for the resurgence of COVID-19 in China.

When politicians indulge in grandstanding on issues over which they have no control, the normal reaction is to ignore them and treat them with derision.

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has assumed the same role at Twitter, after completing his US$44 billion (A$68.6 billion) takeover of the social media company.

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk's bid for Twitter appears likely to go through by Friday US time, a deadline set for the proposal to take effect.

GUEST OPINION: According to the Information Systems Consortium, there are approximately 2.7 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs around the world today. There are simply not enough people with the required cyber specialisms to carry out the work in this high-growth sector. Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy highlighted this issue, and the Government committed millions of dollars via the Cyber Security National Workforce Growth Program to address the skills shortage.

Global sales of electric vehicles totalled 4.2 million in the first half of 2022, a 63% increase year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this included battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Printed solar panels will be used to power a Tesla on a 15,000-km trip around Australia in September to make the public more aware of steps to effect climate change.