There has been a sharp increase in the number of malwareless impersonation attacks, according to a new report from Mimecast. [ + ]

A shortage in national cybersecurity skills has led the Victorian Government to push for a national training model. [ + ]

Construction of an IT hub at TAFE SA in Adelaide has been commenced by Datacom. [ + ]

Optus has for the first time taken over from Telstra as the overall winner of the P3 connect Mobile Benchmark in Australia for 2017. [ + ]

Start-up company Dtex Systems has just opened its regional headquarters in Canberra. [ + ]

Eleven start-ups supported by the NSW Government have featured at StartCon 2017. [ + ]

Vodafone starts sales of its nbn products in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, and tweaks its 4G backup connectivity service. [ + ]

A new industries fund has been delivered by the Western Australian Government, designed to create jobs through innovation. [ + ]

A new network operations centre (NOC) will be opened by Macquarie Telecom in Sydney. [ + ]

Globally renowned keynote speakers have been confirmed for the 2018 CeBIT conference in Australia. [ + ]

Australian customers will soon own their own phone, banking, internet and energy data. [ + ]

Those looking to launch a start-up business in Sydney should act now, according to a visiting tech entrepreneur. [ + ]

Australia is a leader among OECD countries in terms of both government spending on R&D and incentives to encourage R&D among private companies, a new report has found. [ + ]

Yohan Ramasundara has been elected as ACS president, effective from 1 January 2018, for a two-year term. [ + ]

A new small business taskforce headed by entrepreneur Mark Bouris will seek to identify and address the impediments for Australian small businesses to adopting digital technologies. [ + ]