Online fraud stories
Winter brings a sharp rise in crypto, impostor and tech support fraud, with older Kiwis and travellers among the main targets.
More than 5 million connection attempts from 985 organisations show scam traffic is increasingly reaching workplaces via social apps and personal devices.
Retailers can now run fraud checks and chargeback controls inside Shopify, as SEON and Domaine target fast-growing merchants facing rising losses.
Fans heading to the 2026 FIFA World Cup face ticket, WiFi and booking fraud as criminals target every stage of the trip.
Consumers on hospitality and eCommerce sites are at risk of having passwords and payment details stolen through fake webpages run by the platform.
Existing phishing and fraud tactics are becoming faster, cheaper and harder to detect, raising the risk for large organisations, ReliaQuest said.
Businesses are under pressure to verify users beyond login as AI-generated deepfakes drive account takeover and fraud losses mount.
Growing deepfake scams are pushing consumers towards paid verification tools, as Bitdefender's app checks videos for manipulation and malicious intent.
Banks and insurers in Australia and New Zealand will gain new checks as AI-made forgeries increasingly evade standard identity verification tools.
Password reuse leaves Australian football fans exposed to wider account theft, despite the country recording the lowest sharing rate in the survey.
The scam network's fake texts may have reached millions of Android users, with authorities linking it to major card theft and losses.
A new anti-bot standard could let websites verify traffic without CAPTCHAs or tracking cookies, easing checkout friction for shoppers.
More than half of countries surveyed now say cybercrime makes up 30 per cent of recorded offences, as phishing and ransomware spread fast.
Stolen credentials are fuelling fraud as attackers bypass ATO controls, exposing taxpayers and forcing tax agents to harden logins.
Automated traffic now makes up more than half of web requests, pushing enterprises to adopt defences that work across AI agents and APIs.
Fraud losses could fall if banks, merchants and regulators align on earlier intervention, Ecommpay says in a new report.
Customers can now quiz Starling's app before sending money, as UK fraud losses climb and romance scams hit savers hardest.
Retailers are under pressure to curb networked payment fraud without harming checkout conversion, a challenge Ecommpay's award-winning tool targets.
The return of highly significant incidents has renewed pressure on New Zealand organisations to tighten defences after losses jumped to NZD $5.6 million.
Younger adults are more exposed to fake ticket offers, with 19% of Gen Z saying they would buy World Cup seats from unofficial websites.