MailGuard 22 April 2024 11:42:40 AEST 6 min read

Australia Post Email Scam – Check Twice Before Clicking That Link

“A package has been received for you”, claims this email inviting recipients to “…complete the process for successful ...

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Annamaria Montagnese 07 June 2016 1 min read

Phishing Email Scam: Security Notification For Mailbox (Webmail)

A new email phishing scam is targeting Webmail users, alerting email recipients that an ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 03 June 2016 3 min read

Breaking: Scammers Shift to Social with New AusPost Ransomware Attack

In the past 24 hours a second wave of Telstra and Google email scams have hit email ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 02 June 2016 2 min read

Breaking: Scammers Shift to Social with New AusPost Ransomware Attack

Be on the lookout for a fake email scam impersonating Telstra which states that your ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 31 May 2016 2 min read

AGL Scam Carrying Crypto Ransomware Torrentlocker Hits Australian Inboxes

A massive phishing email with links to a crypto ransomware payload is hitting Australia ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 31 May 2016 2 min read

Breaking: Unprecedented .rtf Attachment (Malware) Attack Impacting Millions

This morning MailGuard is blocking an ongoing run of email attacks with victims totaling ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 25 May 2016 2 min read

Breaking Attack: St George Bank Phishing Email Scam

A zero-day phishing scam has hit Australian email users in a bid to steal online banking ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 20 May 2016 2 min read

AGL Branded ‘Electricity Bill’ Phishing Email Carrying Trojan Malware

Thousands of Australian email users have been targeted with an AGL branded phishing email ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 18 May 2016 1 min read

High volume attacks breaking over the past 24hrs – AustraliaPost, ANZ, Google & AFP

Over the past 24 hours MailGuard has blocked a number of high volume phishing scams that ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 18 May 2016 1 min read

Clever Google Docs Phishing Run Targets Australian Email Users

A Google Docs phishing email is now circulating. The scam appears to be sent from ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 16 May 2016 2 min read

New ANZ Scam: Security Upgrade Email Targets Online Banking Users

A new phishing scam was identified by MailGuard earlier today, targeting a particularly ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 13 May 2016 2 min read

Fast-Breaking Attack: Large Scale CBA Email Scam Strikes On Friday The 13th

An unusually high number of emails have been intercepted this afternoon with a ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 06 May 2016 1 min read

Fast-Breaking Attack: Bank of Melbourne Scam Strikes Thousands of Businesses

A zero-day phishing scam has hit thousands of businesses, purporting to be from Bank of ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 05 May 2016 2 min read

New AusPost Attack: Scammers Change Tactics – From Crypto Ransomware to Trojan Malware

Cyber criminals have crafted an almost identical email to previous and very recent ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 02 May 2016 3 min read

ANZ, Wells Fargo & Westpac: The Latest Bank Brands Used By CyberCrime Networks For Email Scams

A common target for cyber criminals are online banking users. A large number of emails ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 28 April 2016 2 min read

Breaking: New PayPal Scam Leverages MailChimp Brand and URL

MailGuard first detected and blocked the scam, which has cyber criminals impersonating ...
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