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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Annamaria Montagnese 18 May 2016 1 min read

Clever Google Docs Phishing Run Targets Australian Email Users

A Google Docs phishing email is now circulating. The scam appears to be sent from ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 16 May 2016 2 min read

New ANZ Scam: Security Upgrade Email Targets Online Banking Users

A new phishing scam was identified by MailGuard earlier today, targeting a particularly ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 13 May 2016 2 min read

Fast-Breaking Attack: Large Scale CBA Email Scam Strikes On Friday The 13th

An unusually high number of emails have been intercepted this afternoon with a ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 06 May 2016 1 min read

Fast-Breaking Attack: Bank of Melbourne Scam Strikes Thousands of Businesses

A zero-day phishing scam has hit thousands of businesses, purporting to be from Bank of ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 05 May 2016 2 min read

New AusPost Attack: Scammers Change Tactics – From Crypto Ransomware to Trojan Malware

Cyber criminals have crafted an almost identical email to previous and very recent ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 02 May 2016 3 min read

ANZ, Wells Fargo & Westpac: The Latest Bank Brands Used By CyberCrime Networks For Email Scams

A common target for cyber criminals are online banking users. A large number of emails ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 28 April 2016 2 min read

Breaking: New PayPal Scam Leverages MailChimp Brand and URL

MailGuard first detected and blocked the scam, which has cyber criminals impersonating ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 13 April 2016 2 min read

Breaking: Compromised WordPress Sites Host ANZ Phishing Scam

A new fake ANZ email scam has been delivered to thousands of Australian email users. The ...
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Annamaria Montagnese 31 March 2016 3 min read

Cyber Criminals Register New Domains To Impersonate ANZ Bank

A new email scam is circulating, presented as a seemingly legitimate communication ...
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Craig McDonald 23 March 2016 4 min read

What’s In A Name? - How Email Scams Are Impacting Big Brand Customer Relationships

There is an old adage that it takes years to build a good reputation and mere seconds to ...
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Richard Price 04 March 2016 3 min read

Dropbox Scam: New Phishing Attack

A new Dropbox phishing scam emerged last night, with cyber criminals trying to hack the ...
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Richard Price 01 March 2016 3 min read

Watch out: New fake Google phishing email

Another fake Google phishing email is currently in circulation, manipulating readers into ...
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Richard Price 29 February 2016 2 min read

Breaking: New Paypal Phishing Scam Now Circulating

Beware of a new PayPal phishing scam that’s hitting inboxes today.
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Richard Price 26 February 2016 3 min read

Beware of these spear phishing email attacks

Organisations have again been the target of a number of spear phishing attacks this week, ...
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Richard Price 18 February 2016 4 min read

New sham Apple phishing scam bites

A new sham Apple phishing scam has emerged, which uses a range of tactics to fool users ...
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