MailGuard Blog

Business leaders have urged Australian executives to stop being complacent about their exposure to online crime.

 A low-tech phishing attempt is currently targeting Westpac customers.

 A domain set up just yesterday is being used to impersonate ASIC via email to infect Australian computers with malware.

A new email scam mimicking a Big Four bank falsely tells recipients their account has been disabled.

 Once considered the bastion of the IT department, cybersecurity has quickly surged up the chain of command to become a leadership concern.

 When two of the world’s biggest tech giants are each duped $100m in a phishing scam, the world takes note.

Security specialists around the world are still trying to track down the entry point of the WannaCry ransomware outbreak.

A global ransomware attack has been described as the biggest in history, shutting down hospitals and causing havoc for companies around the world.

 Australians are warned not to click a convincing fake Origin Energy electricity bill which contains a direct link to malware.

 Only one percent of Australia’s top 100 companies feel “very confident” about being safe from cyber attacks, a new survey has found.

 Email has quickly become an integral part of people’s lives. But it's fast becoming expensive (and no, I don’t mean the daily flood of offers from your favourite shops).

A stolen ID may have been used to set up an elaborate ASIC email scam designed to infect victims’ systems with malware.

 Scammers have set up a near-perfect clone of the myGov website in order to dupe victims into sharing their password and credit card details.

 A huge batch of malicious emails designed to impersonate accounting giant MYOB is hitting inboxes this morning, posing a risk to those curious enough to view the attachment.

 A fake receipt being distributed in bulk this afternoon is hiding a malicious attachment.