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MailGuard 06 October 2025 10:34:41 AEDT 7 min read

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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Emmanuel Marshall 09 January 2018 4 min read

Better Cybersecurity - Govt. Guide for Businesspeople

43% of cybercrime targets smaller businesses; that’s the warning issued in a newly ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 09 January 2018 1 min read

Fake AGL Disconnection Notice - New Email Scam

MailGuard has detected a new email scam today using fake AGL Energy branding. Some effort ...
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Craig McDonald 09 January 2018 5 min read

Vacation Time: A Chance to Think Outside the Box

“During the holiday season, it's easy to forget that sometimes the best gift of all is ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 08 January 2018 1 min read

Zero Day Phishing Scam Harvests Microsoft Logins

MailGuard has detected a Zero Day phishing scam using fake CBRE branding. The message ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 08 January 2018 1 min read

CPA Australia Brandjacked by Cybercriminals

MailGuard has intercepted a new email scam pretending to originate from CPA Australia. ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 08 January 2018 5 min read

Social Engineering: Hacking + Psychology = Fraud

Recently The Brisbane Times broke a story about cybercriminals who stole millions of ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 08 January 2018 1 min read

Alert: Fake Suncorp ‘Insurance Documents’ Email Scam

Be on the lookout for this email scam today using fake ‘Suncorp’ branding. The email was ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 05 January 2018 3 min read

‘Meltdown’ & ‘Spectre’ Bugs: PCs & Macs Vulnerable to Data Theft

Newly discovered security bugs in computer processors have been revealed that make almost ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 04 January 2018 1 min read

Email Threat: Fake MYOB Invoice Scam

Late this morning MailGuard detected a 'fake invoice' email scam using MYOB branding. The ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 04 January 2018 1 min read

Scam Alert: Another Fake ASIC Email

New threat outbreak this morning: a criminal-intent email exploiting ASIC. MailGuard ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 03 January 2018 4 min read

Mass Market Cybercrime - the Threat of MaaS

Cybercriminals are starting to behave like corporations and it’s not that surprising, ...
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Craig McDonald 02 January 2018 8 min read

Cybersecurity: a Multi-Layered Strategy is Required

One of the biggest challenges we face dealing with cybersecurity is the way it’s ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 29 December 2017 6 min read

Cybercrime 2017: This Year's Big Stories

History may well remember the 20-teens as the decade of cybercrime. This year has seen an ...
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Craig McDonald 28 December 2017 2 min read

1 Fraudulent Email = $1 Million Lost

There’s a striking cybercrime case in the headlines this week involving email fraud. John ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 27 December 2017 3 min read

Second Criminal-Intent Email Purporting to be Xero This Month

Cybercriminals don’t take vacations; MailGuard intercepted a large-scale email scam this ...
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