MailGuard 24 April 2025 13:08:43 AEST 5 min read

Microsoft-Themed Phishing Scam Disguised as a “Misplaced PDF Statement

A new phishing scam intercepted by MailGuard is targeting businesses across Australia, leveraging compromised email accounts ...

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Daniel McShanag 21 September 2017 2 min read

Chasing the honeypot. Email scammers target your finances with a week of MYOB, Xero and Sage cyberattacks.

Forever popular with cybercriminals, this week has seen a series of email scams going ...
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Daniel McShanag 20 September 2017 1 min read

Crafty DVD email scam hijacks MailChimp account to deliver malicious code

Look out today for a sophisticated DVD phishing scam using a compromised MailChimp ...
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Daniel McShanag 18 September 2017 2 min read

ASIC ‘business name renewal’ email scam targets Aussie businesses

Cybercriminals are targeting Australian business inboxes with a very large run of scam ...
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Katherine Chong 13 September 2017 3 min read

Do not click – spate of phishing runs impersonating Telstra, ATO and Queensland eToll operator go via

A succession of small to very large phishing campaigns impersonating major Australian ...
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Daniel McShanag 04 September 2017 3 min read

Fake Telstra Email Bill scam delivers malware to your inbox

Earlier today malicious emails began targeting Australian inboxes in the form of fake ...
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Daniel McShanag 28 August 2017 2 min read

Watch out: New ANZ scam claims 'Your last payment was unsuccessful'

A convincing fake ANZ Bank phishing email is today targeting customers. The e-mail ...
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Katherine Chong 24 August 2017 2 min read

ASIC targeted again in a large-scale phishing scam

Another large scale run of fake ASIC emails was deployed yesterday. The first message was ...
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Jaclyn McRae 08 August 2017 3 min read

Cybercriminals versus Australian brands: Who’s being impersonated?

In the past 12 months Australians have been targeted like never before with email-based ...
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Jaclyn McRae 07 August 2017 1 min read

Drivers targeted in fresh toll scam

A fake toll road invoice is targeting Queenslanders – and visitors to the state – with ...
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Jaclyn McRae 02 August 2017 5 min read

The real cost of online brandjacking scams

If your inbox is a daily battle between real company communications and fraud imposters, ...
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Jaclyn McRae 25 July 2017 2 min read

Warning: Think twice before you pay this bill

A huge flood of fake energy invoices is today hitting Australian inboxes.
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Jaclyn McRae 17 July 2017 2 min read

A new week, a new Origin Energy invoice scam

Utilities company Origin Energy has had its brand hijacked in a large-scale malware scam ...
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Jaclyn McRae 11 July 2017 3 min read

Warning: ANZ impersonated in high-risk malware scam

A highly-convincing fake ANZ bank invoice is today targeting customers with data-stealing ...
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Jaclyn McRae 10 July 2017 2 min read

Scam avalanche continues: Origin Energy attack one of largest seen

A huge uptick in email-based fraud attempts has continued, with an enormous distribution ...
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Jaclyn McRae 10 July 2017 2 min read

Cybercriminals kick off week with huge ASIC malware attack

Fraudsters today kicked off a large-scale malware inundation by impersonating government ...
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