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What's Changing on 1 July: Vendor Price Rises Explained
30 Jun 2026
Vendor price rises are hitting from 1 July 2026 — Microsoft 365, NBN, cloud storage and more. Here's a plain-English breakdown of what's changing, why, …
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Why We're Treating Every International Sign-In as a Risk
26 Jun 2026
Account takeover attempts are rising, and we're responding by treating international, VPN-masked, and unusual sign-ins as risks to verify rather than logins to trust.
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How Safe Is Your Club, Really? A Ten-Minute Cyber Health Check
19 Jun 2026
Free cyber health check built for small clubs, committees, and community organisations — not IT departments. Ten minutes, plain English, and an honest picture of …
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"FortiBleed" and Your Fortinet Firewall: Where Real World Customers Stand
18 Jun 2026
If RWTS manages your Fortinet devices, you're not affected by FortiBleed. We've checked every device we manage against the breach data and confirmed none of …
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Microsoft 365 phishing is spreading through church organisations. Here’s how to spot it.
14 May 2026
Over the past week we’ve watched a phishing campaign tear through Sydney’s Christian church networks. It’s clever, it’s working, and your email filter won’t stop …
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Securing your business in the AI Era
06 May 2026
Join Andrew Yager and Phil Meyer from Catalyst 345 as they talk about how to use the Microsoft Ecosystem to deliver Secure AI in your …
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CloudPBX not affected by 3CX Breach
31 Mar 2023
Yesterday (30th March 2023) it became public that 3CX’s Desktop Client had been compromised by a malicious piece of malware, resulting in ransomware being installed …
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Introducing Dark Web Monitoring
03 Jan 2023
How do you know if your details have been stolen? Are your passwords involved in a data breach? Real World’s new Dark Web Monitoring helps …
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Update on the Optus Data Breach and impact to Real World customers
10 Oct 2022
Some of our Mobile and Mobile Data plans are provided via Optus Wholesale, and these are sourced via an network aggregator we partner with. Following …
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New Obligations for Carriage Service Providers
30 Sep 2022
On 5th July, Michelle Rowland signed two new instruments for Carriers and Eligible Carriage Service Providers following earlier consultation requiring a register of critical infrastructure …
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CyberSecurity training opportunities
26 May 2022
Cyber Security is a huge focus for many businesses, not for profit organisations, and individuals. Over the next two weeks the Real World team will …
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DDOS Protection with Real World
12 Apr 2022
With an average attack to mitigation time of less than 15 seconds, we’re really proud of our DDOS protection solution. At the recent AusNOG conference …
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