MailGuard Blog

 A massive run of scam Australia Post emails is bombarding inboxes with malware, with a clever ploy designed to evade virus-detection software.

 Poor grammar lets down a large-scale hoax Australia Post email that aims to install ransomware by stealth.

 Spear-phishing and ransomware are the most common cyber techniques used to exploit Australians, a new cybercrime threat report has revealed.

The world’s biggest brand names are being used to trick people into handing over sensitive personal and financial information. 

Over the course of 48 hrs cybercriminals have distributed an email scam targeting customers of Australia Post and the New Zealand Post.

In a new email scam breaking early Monday, the same cybercrime network behind the recent AGL attacks appear to have moved their focus to Australia Post. The email claims that a package was unable to be delivered because nobody was home, and asks recipients to click a link.

Over the past 24 hours MailGuard has blocked a number of high volume phishing scams that are targeting over 10,000 users at a time. Many of these attacks are ongoing.

Cyber criminals have crafted an almost identical email to previous and very recent phishing runs impersonating AusPost.

Any Australian who is receiving emails purportedly from Australia Post needs to be wary. Yet another email scam has hit email users en-masse today. We have identified several new Fake AusPost emails as malicious and are urging people to be aware.

In anticipation of a large-scale campaign, MailGuard have identified and blocked a new phishing variant purporting to be from the telco giant, Telstra.

In a new scam breaking early Monday, scammers are employing sophisticated social engineering techniques with a new Australia Post ransomware attack.

A new type of malware scam is emerging this morning, with cyber-criminals adapting their approach to bypass existing anti-virus and security measures.

MailGuard has successfully blocked another attempt by cyber criminals to spread malware through a targeted email campaign posing as Australia Post.

MailGuard have successfully identified and blocked an email crypto ransomware run by cyber criminals impersonating Australia Post today.

MailGuard have successfully identified and blocked another email crypto run by cyber criminals based in Russia. These offenders are impersonating Australia Post and directing attacks at Australians alerting the email recipient of a supposed parcel that was delivered to their residence.