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With school holidays just around the corner, Vodafone is warning parents about a common scam targeting families. 

GUEST OPINION:  Scam operations are only getting more sophisticated, and we need to fight against it.

GUEST OPINION: Too many Australian businesses still operate with a mindset of apathy or complacency on cyber risk.

British telco BT’s home phone scam protection service Enhanced Call Protect on Digital Voice has intercepted more than 2.4 million scam and identified 17.7 million spam calls to landlines since it was introduced by voice security Hiya last May.

New KnowBe4 white paper provides advice on how organisations can protect themselves from this common hiring scam

Almost one in two students struggle to figure out whether approaches from “friends,” or online messages are credible or a scam, according to an Optus survey of 1,000 students across Australia.

Australian multinational banking and financial services provider Westpac partnered with Optus to introduce a new in-app calling to fight bank impersonation scams and improve customer experience.

New data shows scammers are more likely to target Australians on the weekend or early in the morning, according to data obtained by telecommunications company Telstra.

Aussies have reported more than 250k potential SMS and MMS scams related to parcels or delivery to 7226 since May 2023, according to telecommunications company Telstra.

GUEST RESEARCH: Bitdefender Labs has been keeping up with the latest modus operandi of cybercrooks who adapt emerging technologies to siphon money from consumers.

Investigating Worldwide SMS Scams, and Tens of Millions of Dollars in Fraud

GUEST OPINION:  Last year was not a year for the faint of heart. Organisations of every size found themselves faced with ransomware attacks at varying levels of sophistication, yet every one of them was damaging. And as we step into 2024, the first victims of ransomware attacks are already being reported. What can the 2023 ransomware stats tell us about the year that was, and how can we use them to plan for the year ahead?

Telnyx Australia has paid $106,560 infringement notice after the Australian Communications and Media Authority found the telco failed to reduce scam SMS and prevent mobile number fraud between 2017 and 2022, breaching anti-scam and public safety obligations.

Australian telecommunications provider Telstra has warned consumers to be vigilant as cyber scammers are on the hunt to exploit more victims this coming peak shopping Christmas season.

As information technology advances at a rapid pace, senior citizens are finding themselves increasingly vulnerable to a wave of cybercrimes, especially those involving phishing and fraud. Despite improvements in digital literacy among the elderly, their limited data security knowledge makes them easy targets for criminals exploiting personal information.

As Father’s Day nears, the Australian Communications and Media Authorities is reminding consumers to be vigilant about parcel delivery SMS and email messages that masquerade as a legitimate message from Australia Post, asking someone to arrange re-delivery of a package, updating delivery details or requesting payment of a fee.

Internet marketing services company Known (trading as Burst SMS) is in hot water after the ACMA has found it allowed scammers to send messages impersonating well-known Australia brands including financial institutions, telcos, couriers, ride share, and ticketing companies, breaching SMS anti-scam rules.

More over one billion scams have been blocked in the last year including 256 million scam calls and 85 million scam texts in the last quarter alone, according to a new data released by the ACMA.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority warns the public to be vigilant against fraud as the end of the financial year signals tax time—a busy period for scammers.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has entered into a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) as part of the global network organisation UCENet, joining Korea, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand to engage in the fight against scams, unsolicited telemarketing, and spam following an agreement between international regulators.