Scams stories

Fake ChatGPT extension stealing victims' account details
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"We must educate ourselves and stay informed about the tactics scammers employ to protect ourselves and our sensitive information."

Helping to win the battle to curb SMS and voice fraud
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Australians lost over $2 Billion to scams in 2021, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

New phishing method leveraging iCloud, PayPal, Google Docs
Tue, 28th Mar 2023
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Named “Phishing Scams 3.0”, this method involves attackers using actual legitimate services to execute their attack.

Cybercriminals using ChatGPT to generate scams – report
Fri, 3rd Mar 2023
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Cybercriminals are using ChatGPT to create deepfake chatbots, phishing campaigns and malware, according to a new report.

Nine out of 10 fintechs will hire more fraud experts in 2023
Thu, 19th Jan 2023
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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 urges caution when dealing with holiday spam
Tue, 20th Dec 2022
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Bitdefender Labs is warning people to be aware during the festive season due to a significant increase in spam scams.

Cyber criminals to ramp up activity over holidays
Fri, 16th Dec 2022
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"Sadly, cyber criminals don’t take a vacation and in fact ramp up their activity in an effort to play the Grinch."

Scammers most likely to impersonate DHL – phishing report
Wed, 26th Oct 2022
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“Phishing is the most common type of social engineering, which is a general term describing attempts to manipulate or trick users."

Crypto giveaway scams continue to soar, according to report
Wed, 21st Sep 2022
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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.

Commission cracks down on sales practices that mislead online shoppers
Fri, 16th Sep 2022
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retailers
The Commerce Commission has issued a formal warning to online gift-box retailer, Occasion Box, for making false and unsubstantiated claims.

3 in 5 New Zealanders report spike in attempted scams
Fri, 26th Aug 2022
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More than a third (35%) of New Zealanders encounter scams on a weekly basis, according to research commissioned by Avast.

Crypto crime: Illicit activity falls with rest of market
Thu, 18th Aug 2022
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Cryptocurrency scams, which typically present themselves as passive crypto investing opportunities, are less enticing to potential victims.

Can biometrics help? 123% increase in Gen Zs scammed online
Mon, 15th Aug 2022
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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.

Big business in cryptocurrencies and cybercrime
Wed, 10th Aug 2022
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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.

Australians lose $300 million to scams in first half of 2022
Wed, 27th Jul 2022
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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.

Nvidia joins the list of brands favoured by fraudsters
Wed, 20th Jul 2022
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“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."

Akamai research finds PayPal security measures utilised in new phishing scam
Mon, 18th Jul 2022
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New research from Akamai has found that a new threat actor is parasitising benign WordPress sites to execute an extensive PayPal phishing scam.

The forgotten security measures in Australia’s rush to the cloud
Thu, 14th Jul 2022
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cybersecurity
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.

Hundreds arrested, millions seized in global INTERPOL investigation
Mon, 20th Jun 2022
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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.

Productivity wasted as employees sort out spam emails
Wed, 8th Jun 2022
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Employees who receive 30-60 external emails per day could be wasting 11 hours every year looking through and identifying spam messages.

WhatsApp and QR codes the next scam threat - report
Thu, 26th May 2022
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email security
KnowBe4 has warned it expects to see an increase in QR Codes and the WhatsApp chat platform being used for phishing and other scams.

MailGuard warns of new scam targeting Telstra customers
Wed, 25th May 2022
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cybersecurity
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commerce systems
Telstra customers in Australia are being warned of a new scam involving "Unsuccessful Payment" messages.

The most common online scams in Australia
Mon, 23rd May 2022
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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 finds deepfakes and crypto scams rising in Australia
Fri, 6th May 2022
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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.