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Warning: International cyber criminals are targeting Australians again by recycling their fake ‘Australian Federal Police (AFP) infringement scam’ campaign.

MailGuard are seeing further runs of fake emails purporting to be from well-known Australian banks, tricking email recipients into handing over their personal online banking and credit card details.

Let’s get real for a moment. Your antivirus software isn’t stopping fastbreak phishing and other spam attacks like Cryptolocker.

If you are looking for online shopping bargains, beware that you may be getting more than what you bargain for in your inbox.

Don't you just hate waiting on the phone to speak with a real person? You know the deal, you just need to ask a quick or simple question of a company or government organisation and you spend (what feels like) an eternity waiting on hold for a human to assist you. 

It is the responsibility of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to protect us from crime. How ironic that in the latest fastbreak Cryptolocker email scam, cyber criminals have adopted the identity of the AFP and are using it to trick unsuspecting recipients into paying them money.

You may have read headlines screaming 'AV is Dead!' It is anything but, according to CEO and Founder of MailGuard, Craig McDonald, who recently contributed to the inaugural podcast hosted by CMO at Zimbra, Olivier Thierry.

MailGuard identified and are successfully blocking a new fastbreak email phishing scam purporting to be from Western Union yesterday. MailGuard are at the forefront of finding and blocking such fastbreak email scams, therefore protecting our clients in real-time. Please be warned and check that these emails have not infiltrated your business network and staff inboxes. Email users may be handing over personal details including banking information to these scammers.

MailGuard customers can breathe a sigh of relief as MailGuard has again proactively blocked a multitude of phishing attacks aimed at Westpac online banking users, from entering their business network.

The cybercriminals responsible for the recent spate of phishing scams pretending to be from Australian banks are back again, with another email purporting to be from the Commonwealth Bank.

Customers who utilise online banking are being warned to pay close attention to the email correspondence they receive from their banks.

Just when you thought it was over! Cyber gangs based in Russia are targeting Australians again after a couple months of peace for us down under. These criminals have been focusing on targeting USA and Europe most recently.

Early this morning, MailGuard have identified a new form of malware propagation where trojan downloaders are being embedded in .chm documents. Here is a sample email:

Any business with a dedicated IT department has some kind of computer or network protection in place, starting with their on-premise protection such as desktop or gateway anti-virus. 

IT security solutions distributor, Hemisphere Technologies, has signed a distribution deal with MailGuard, adding a cloud security offering to its ever expanding portfolio.