Scams cost Aussies $20.8m in February
In February 2021, Australians lost $20.8 million to a combined 20,180 scams according to the latest figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Scamwatch report.
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Aussies warned about sex scams
Thousands of Australians faced sextortion attack attempts in January. Digital security and privacy products company, Avast has blocked more than half a million such attempts worldwide, most of which targeted English-speaking users. There were 59,100...
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'Mind-blowingly awesome' Telstra phishing scam detected
A sophisticated phishing email purporting to be from Telstra has been identified by MailGuard. "It's just mind-blowingly awesome," the security vendor's CEO Craig McDonald said on Monday.
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Aussies lost $230 million to scams in 2015
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Targeting Scams Report found in total, more than $229 million was lost to scams in 2015.
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Fraud campaign installs rogue app on non-jailbroken iPhones
Cybercriminals in Japan are targeting iPhone users with an online scam that tricks them into installing a malicious application when they attempt to view porn videos.
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