"We must educate ourselves and stay informed about the tactics scammers employ to protect ourselves and our sensitive information."

Australians lost over $2 Billion to scams in 2021, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Named “Phishing Scams 3.0”, this method involves attackers using actual legitimate services to execute their attack.

Cybercriminals are using ChatGPT to create deepfake chatbots, phishing campaigns and malware, according to a new report. 

Nine out of ten fintechs plan to recruit more experts to help tackle fraud as they expect scams to soar in 2023, according to new research.

Bitdefender Labs is warning people to be aware during the festive season due to a significant increase in spam scams.

"Sadly, cyber criminals don’t take a vacation and in fact ramp up their activity in an effort to play the Grinch."

“Phishing is the most common type of social engineering, which is a general term describing attempts to manipulate or trick users."

There's been a fivefold increase in the number of domains used for crypto giveaway scams that involve fake YouTube streams in the first half of 2022. 

The Commerce Commission has issued a formal warning to online gift-box retailer, Occasion Box, for making false and unsubstantiated claims.

More than a third (35%) of New Zealanders encounter scams on a weekly basis, according to research commissioned by Avast.

Cryptocurrency scams, which typically present themselves as passive crypto investing opportunities, are less enticing to potential victims.

In the three years leading up to 2022, the number of Gen Zs who fell victim to online scams rose by 123%, according to Ping Identity.

As of June this year, about a quarter (26%) of Australians considered cryptocurrency as a good investment, and over 36% have at one point considered buying cryptocurrency as an investment.

The total losses from January to June 2022 have more than doubled compared to the first half of 2021, where Australians lost a combined $139 million.

“Crypto scams that involve images of celebrities, or power brands, have become trendy. We’ve witnessed campaigns with Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Pavel Durov."

New research from Akamai has found that a new threat actor is parasitising benign WordPress sites to execute an extensive PayPal phishing scam.

With the ability to complete their jobs in a variety of locations and across devices, Australia’s employees have unlocked a raft of previously unconsidered conveniences.

A two-month-long investigation by INTERPOL this year involved 76 countries and clamped down on organised crime groups behind telecommunications and social engineering scams.

Employees who receive 30-60 external emails per day could be wasting 11 hours every year looking through and identifying spam messages.

KnowBe4 has warned it expects to see an increase in QR Codes and the WhatsApp chat platform being used for phishing and other scams. 

Telstra customers in Australia are being warned of a new scam involving "Unsuccessful Payment" messages.

No one is safe from online scammers, and many of these scammers have capitalised on the pandemic, using this confusing time to attack more people than ever.

Norton says between January and March of this year, it thwarted more than 37,098,261 threats, the equivalent of around 403,241 threats per day.