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Technology: School smartphone ban, Threads down, Tesla range overestimate
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Unesco's call for a ban on smartphones in schools, warning policy makers against an 'unthinking embrace' of digital technology in… Audio
Technology with Tony Grasso
Tony joins Kathryn to talk about the latest in cyber security issues - including how a company lost hundreds of thousands of dollars through an intercepted email in which the scammer simply changed… Audio
Tech: FluBot texts, Tesla's brake software fail, REvil charges laid
Technology correspondent Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to look at how the FluBot malware is spreading by text, rather than email. A software error that causes Tesla's autopilot to slam on the brakes… Audio
Kiwi cryptocurrency thriller keeps readers guessing
In her former life, Martinborough-based author Rosy Fenwicke was a doctor who wrote books on the side. She's been a fulltime writer for a year now and won't be going back anytime soon. Her latest… Audio
Organised cybercrime is not your average mafia
Research from MSU has identified common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per… Audio
Porn-site users lured by ad scam
Visitors to some porn websites may have been duped into downloading malicious software, the government's cyber security watchdog is warning.
FBI arrests 'WannaCry' accidental hero
A researcher credited with disabling a global cyber attack has been arrested on unrelated charges of conspiring to advertise and sell malicious software.
Tech news: Google's latest ideas and net neutrality
This week, Google's offerings from its annual I/O developer conference; the latest fallout from the WannaCry ransomware attack; and the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) votes 2:1 to overturn… Audio
Cyber-attack 'unprecedented' in scale
A cyber-attack that hit organisations worldwide including the UK's National Health Service is "unprecedented", Europe's police agency says.
NZ computers caught up in global cyberattack
The government's cyber emergency response team is looking into a massive global extortion attack that has hit computers here.
2013 - Year of the Mega Breach
Mark Shaw, a Technology Strategist for Symantec in the Pacific region, talks about Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report. The report analyses the global threat activity in 2013 - describing it as… Audio
