Telstra: We blocked 2.9 million scam calls in a month, but they keep coming
Telstra calls on industry, government and regulators to address Australia's scam call problem.
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Record Australian BEC, scam losses highlight need for better end-user education
Despite growing awareness, scammers are managing to steal more from Australians than ever
David Braue | 28 Aug | Read more
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Swimming upstream: How not to fall prey to phishing scams
Cybercrime costs the Australian economy $1 billion per year. In 2019 alone, the ACCC has already received 2,229 phishing scam reports, with women losing more money than men to phishing scams, and Victorians losing more money than their compatriots north of the border.
Nathan Boddam-Whetham, Avanade Australia | 01 Mar | Read more
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ACCC: 2018 'remote access' scam losses already double 2017’s total
'Just hang up' if they get an unexpected help call from someone claiming to be from Telstra, a government agency or any other familiar organisation.
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Disruption is big business for cybercrims
The cybercrime landscape is changing as threat actors adopt increasingly targeted and sophisticated tools to attack businesses that are undergoing significant change.
Anthony Caruana | 11 May | Read more
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The week in security: Scams cost Aussies $45m in 2015 already; Hacking Team spoils grow
Australians lost $136,000 to malware in June alone and have so far lost $45 million to scammers this year, new figures from the ACCC revealed even as attackers hit the Telegram messaging app in Australia and APAC areas, knocking the service offline. No wonder Australian IT managers feel besieged by attackers – and that BYOD users worry that their employers can't keep private data safe.
David Braue | 21 Jul | Read more
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Australians report $136k lost to malware in June, $45m to all scammers this year: ACCC
Despite widespread efforts to raise the profile of online scams, Australians have lost some $45 million to scammers and made nearly 46,000 complaints about the practice so far this year alone.
David Braue | 14 Jul | Read more
