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MailGuard 08 August 2025 13:28:35 AEST 6 min read

Origin Energy “refund” scam, in a handful of easy steps

MailGuard has intercepted a multi-stage phishing campaign impersonating Origin Energy and offering a fake $150 overpayment ...

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Jaclyn McRae 18 October 2016 3 min read

Financial services CEO’s contacts targeted in new Dropbox spear-phishing scam

Contacts of a prominent CEO in the financial services sector are being targeted in a ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 10 October 2016 3 min read

Latest Apple phishing scam: Fake or real? Can you pick the good from the bad Apple emails?

A new email phishing scam impersonating Apple is hitting inboxes. At the time of ...
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Jaclyn McRae 22 September 2016 4 min read

Office 365, Xero, DropBox: Why email scammers hide behind big names

New phishing and malware attacks today targeting Office 365, Xero and DropBox users have ...
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Jaclyn McRae 20 September 2016 2 min read

Breaking: Bold PayPal scam phishes for passwords, bank details and ATM pin

A brazen new PayPal phishing email attempts to steal a range of private information ...
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Jaclyn McRae 14 September 2016 1 min read

Latest threat: New Google Drive phishing scam hits inboxes

A new Google Drive phishing scam email hitting inboxes today uses a compromised account ...
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Jaclyn McRae 09 September 2016 2 min read

Breaking: Microsoft brand again centre of cyber scam

The world’s biggest brand names are being used to trick people into handing over ...
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Craig McDonald 07 September 2016 4 min read

Email scam tactics explained: What are phishing, spear phishing and whaling?

Every day, cyber criminals are dreaming up new get-rich-quick schemes. Whether ...
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Jaclyn McRae 30 August 2016 2 min read

Breaking: Zero-day Russian invoice scam targets businesses

A sophisticated fast-breaking payload email identified by MailGuard today exploits a bug ...
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Jaclyn McRae 26 August 2016 3 min read

Breaking: Fake ATO phishing scam uses tax return to lure victims

A highly-sophisticated new ATO phishing scam uses the lure of a tax refund to steal ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 11 August 2016 2 min read

Going postal. Email scams target Australia Post & New Zealand Post customers with Cerber Ransomware

Over the course of 48 hrs cybercriminals have distributed an email scam targeting ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 28 July 2016 2 min read

Fake DHL Email Malware Scam Detected

MailGuard have successfully identified and blocked an email malware scam circulated by ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 21 July 2016 3 min read

Bad Apple - New Email Phishing Scam Targets User Credentials

In a new twist on many of the Apple scams we’ve seen before, cybercrime networks are ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 15 July 2016 3 min read

Whaling, CEO Fraud, Business Email Compromise… Targeted spear phishing attacks continue to trouble business

The attacks can take many names, from CEO Fraud, to Whaling and Business Email ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 08 July 2016 2 min read

Yet Another Telstra Email Phishing Scam!

Only days following an extremely well executed Telstra bill payment scam, this morning we ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 08 July 2016 2 min read

Cyber Criminals Phishing for eBay Account Access

eBay users are the target of cybercriminals in a new variation of a common eBay phishing ...
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