Saturday 24 October 2026

The Archive

The Archive

How-to

How to cancel subscriptions on iPhone and Android

Deleting an app doesn't cancel its subscription, Google says. How to find and cancel what you pay for on iPhone, Android and your bank account.

How-to

How to ask a company what personal data it holds on you

Australian privacy law lets you see and correct the personal information a business holds on you. How to ask, what it can charge and how to complain.

How-to

How to use a travel eSIM on your iPhone overseas

A travel eSIM can beat roaming charges, and iOS 26 helps switch it on and off for you. Here's how to check your phone, buy one and set it up.

How-to

How to lock down your home Wi-Fi router

A Chinese botnet hijacked hundreds of thousands of home devices. Here's how to change your router password, update it and switch off risky extras.

How-to

How to screen scam calls on iPhone and Pixel

Your phone can now ask unknown callers who they are before it rings. Here's how to set up call screening on iPhone and Pixel, and what Do Not Call does.

Hacking

Scamwatch warns of investment scams in WhatsApp groups

Scamwatch's 28 September alert says investment scams are spreading through hobby WhatsApp groups, trusted referrals and fake news pages.

Hacking

Poole Group probes LockBit listing and data threat

Sunshine Coast firm Poole Group told Cyber Daily it's investigating a cyber incident after LockBit claimed an attack and set a 25 October countdown.

Hacking

NZ warns firms about North Korean IT freelancers

New Zealand's NCSC and Police warned on 1 October that North Korean IT workers are using false identities to land remote jobs.

Hacking

Napoleon Perdis says 340,000 records hit in supplier hack

Napoleon Perdis told customers almost 340,000 records were exposed when supplier Retail Express was hacked, the ABC reports.

How-to

How to move your passwords into Apple's Passwords app

Apple's free Passwords app can import logins from other managers and flag weak or leaked ones. Here's how to switch, clean up and stay synced.

Hacking

Microsoft's record Patch Tuesday fixes exploited zero-day

Microsoft's October update covers about 1,413 flaws, including a Windows Shell Mark of the Web bypass already under attack.