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According to the 2019 Annual Cybercrime Report by Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015.

As cybercrime morphs and evolves in complexity, cybercriminals are increasingly preying upon emotions of cyber users in a bid to trick them into revealing confidential data online.

What would be the consequence if your business’ email was not accessible for 30 minutes? How about a full day? A week?

You can never be too careful when clicking links or entering confidential information online. A recent email scam purporting to be from Netflix reminds cyber users of the importance of being vigilant and looking out for tell-tale signs that may point to the illegitimacy of emails.

MailGuard has detected a new email-based cyber-attack using Telstra branding is hitting Australian inboxes.

For better or for worse, cybersecurity continues to be a fundamental concern for businesses. In fact, 2018 was a year that saw a rise in both the number and complexity of cyberattacks. From Facebook to British Airways, brands from all over the world fell victim to cybercrime and made headlines on what seemed like a daily basis.

Think twice before you click on any links in your inbox. A huge flood of fake ebill notifications purporting to come from EnergyAustralia are hitting Australian inboxes today.

MailGuard has discovered a large-scale email scam that is targeting inboxes across Australia today. The currently ongoing scam purports to be from Telstra and masquerades as a bill notification from the telecommunications giant.

Do not be too quick to click everything in your inbox. Cybercriminals circulated two different variations of a malicious phishing email on Tuesday afternoon (AEST).

Do not panic if you receive an email threatening to cause you and others physical harm. Sent by cybercriminals, it is part of an extortion phishing scam that is currently infiltrating inboxes worldwide.

MailGuard intercepted a phishing email scam infiltrating inboxes on Wednesday morning (AEST). The scam is designed to steal your Office 365 login credentials.

Exercise caution if you receive an email claiming to be from the Commonwealth Bank. The bank has been spoofed by cybercriminals in a phishing email scam that is currently infiltrating inboxes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are currently hot property, on the wish and hit lists of just about every company on the planet.

Multiple organisations have been brandjacked in several variations of a payload email scam that are hitting Australian inboxes. MailGuard intercepted the first variant of these emails on Thursday afternoon (AEST).