Nearly 3 million households across Australia are now able to order an NBN service, and the company more than doubled its network reach, active subscriber base and revenue during FY16. [ + ]

Palo Alto Networks' first Australian cybersecurity summit will bring together a number of local and international experts to discuss how organisations should shape their security strategies. [ + ]

Social media is influencing Australians' media consumption and entertainment habits, with millennials leading the charge towards treating the internet as Australians' top entertainment destination. [ + ]

LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit seeking to identify and obtain an injunction against unknown attackers who have been illegally scraping data from the enterprise social media platform since December. [ + ]

Optus has reported an 11.9% decline in profit for the June quarter to $173m as a result of regulation-based costs and falling operating revenues associated with intense competition. [ + ]

Telstra has increased its planned capex to sales ratio for the next three years to its highest rate since FY09, as the company seeks to win back customers following a series of network outages. [ + ]

Symantec says many targets have been attacked with 'Strider' malware, ACCC to scrutinise competition in the comms market, and Telstra to test Ericsson's 5G technology. [ + ]

Advocates of digital transformation say it will unlock innovation and a new route to productivity. However, a review of the data shows that it is not that simple. [ + ]

IT security strategies are not complete unless they protect access to administrator credentials and improve domain controller security. [ + ]

The government is sending mixed signals as to the cause of last night's eCensus system outage, with the ABS blaming DDoS attacks and the Prime Minister attributing the cause to hardware failures. [ + ]

Successful leaders are those who can master the key macro forces that drive digitalisation, and then lead their organisations to success. [ + ]

Rather than making information security the responsibility of the IT department, organisations should consider making it an executive-level priority. [ + ]

Rio de Janeiro's public transport ticketing company RioCard has launched contactless transport ticket wristbands from Gemalto to support the city's travel needs during and after the Olympics. [ + ]

Analyst firm Telsyte estimates that half of Australian smartphone owners are on 4G networks, and notes that operators are competing in a saturated market by offering services that can take advantage of 4G speeds. [ + ]

Kaspersky Lab's latest DDoS research indicates that both the frequency and length of attacks increased in Q2 as Linux botnets became larger attack vectors. [ + ]