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Origin Energy "Billing Mistake" Email A Con

'We've made a mistake', the subject line alone is enough to make you click, but don't be too hasty. MailGuard's threat ...

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Blog Post by Emmanuel Marshall

Emmanuel Marshall 07 August 2018 5 min read

Cybercrime an “urgent, evolving crisis”: US Security Chief

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just announced a new division ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 06 August 2018 1 min read

New zero-day malware attack brandjacking NAB

Banks are well-trusted institutions, so when cybercriminals are looking for good ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 06 August 2018 3 min read

Office 365 branding exploited in new phishing attack

Microsoft’s stature as a trusted household name makes them a lucrative brandjacking ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 02 August 2018 3 min read

Caution: this CommBank email is a fake

If you’ve visited the login screen above, you may have fallen victim to a new phishing ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 30 July 2018 2 min read

Telstra's trademarks exploited in new email scam

MailGuard has detected a new email-based cyber-attack using Telstra branding to try and ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 23 July 2018 2 min read

New phishing attack using forged AVG branding

MailGuard has detected a new scam that is using fake AVG branding to try and trick ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 20 July 2018 5 min read

Bug bounty hunters: who are they? Why do they matter?

In the lexicon of online security there are cybercriminals, black hat hackers (hackers ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 17 July 2018 5 min read

Indictment: 2016 Democrat campaign hacked using phishing

A July 13 Washington Post article reported the indictment of 12 Russians accused of ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 16 July 2018 2 min read

New phishing attack brandjacking Law Council of Australia

MailGuard has detected a new phishing attack exploiting the trademarks of the Law Council ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 13 July 2018 5 min read

Cybersecurity report finds companies ill-prepared for attacks

“As a small business, we find it challenging to identify threats and have measures in ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 09 July 2018 1 min read

Fake LinkedIn network request is a phishing scam

If you get a LinkedIn networking invitation from “Professor Barry James Marshall” in your ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 06 July 2018 3 min read

Realistic fake Telstra email used in phishing attack

MailGuard has detected a new phishing email attack brandjacking Telstra. Phishing is one ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 03 July 2018 6 min read

GDPR: data security is the responsibility of companies

GDPR - the EU General Data Protection Regulation - is now in effect. The regulations are ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 12 June 2018 1 min read

Quote request email is actually a malware scam

This scam message is meant to look like a quote request and is accompanied by an ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 08 June 2018 2 min read

New MYOB brandjacking scam

MailGuard has detected a new email scam attempting to deliver malware to victim’s ...
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