MailGuard 22 April 2024 11:42:40 AEST 6 min read

Australia Post Email Scam – Check Twice Before Clicking That Link

“A package has been received for you”, claims this email inviting recipients to “…complete the process for successful ...

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Craig McDonald 14 February 2020 9 min read

Toll Group ransomware attack: Are you ready for the ripple effect?

As many of you know by now, logistics giant Toll Group was in the news last week after ...
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Craig McDonald 06 February 2020 4 min read

Toll Group ransomware attack: Don’t let it happen to you

Like many of you, I read the news that Toll Group confirmed that it is the victim of a ...
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Daniel McShanag 21 September 2018 1 min read

FiveSenses coffee spoofed in latest email scam

Popular coffee brand, FiveSenses, is the subject of the latest email scam. In yet another ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 27 March 2018 3 min read

AVCrypt: new ransomware targeting antivirus software

A computer virus that seeks out and destroys antivirus software; that’s AVCrypt, a new ...
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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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Emmanuel Marshall 24 November 2017 8 min read

Ransomware, Scams & Cyber Monday - Weekly Digest

On Wednesday this week, MailGuard CEO Craig McDonald published a thought provoking post ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 23 November 2017 7 min read

Ransomware is Selling Like Hotcakes

You may have heard of the ‘dark web’ but to most of us it’s just a sinister sounding ...
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Emmanuel Marshall 26 October 2017 2 min read

Emerging Ransomware Attack – ‘Bad Rabbit’ – Hitting Europe and Turkey

On Tuesday morning (24th Oct) a new ransomware attack started appearing in Russia and ...
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Daniel McShanag 19 May 2017 5 min read

WannaCry: What the experts know one week on

It’s almost a week since we learned about the worldwide cyber attack known as WannaCry, a ...
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Jaclyn McRae 15 May 2017 2 min read

An update on the WannaCry ransomware outbreak

Security specialists around the world are still trying to track down the entry point of ...
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Jaclyn McRae 13 May 2017 2 min read

Global cyber attack: WannaCry ransomware creates havoc

A global ransomware attack has been described as the biggest in history, shutting down ...
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Jaclyn McRae 06 March 2017 2 min read

Alert: Ransomware hidden in fake ASIC renewal notice

Australians have been warned to avoid clicking a malicious email purporting to be from ...
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Jaclyn McRae 19 January 2017 4 min read

Watch a single click become a company-wide catastrophe

It’s lunchtime, but Stephen is behind after the holiday break. He grabs a sandwich, ...
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Jaclyn McRae 15 November 2016 2 min read

Mistakes let down new ransomware email impersonating Australia Post

Poor grammar lets down a large-scale hoax Australia Post email that aims to install ...
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Jaclyn McRae 14 October 2016 3 min read

Fake AGL ransomware invoice strikes again

A new version of a phishing email impersonating energy giant AGL, and containing ...
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