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Jaclyn McRae 14 September 2016 3 min read

Breaking: Cybercriminals impersonate Intuit QuickBooks client in invoice scam

A major cloud-accounting provider is being impersonated in a malicious new email scam.

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MailGuard Editor 12 September 2016 4 min read

Cybercriminals launch fake Xero invoice attack, delivering malware

Scam emails leveraging the familiar brand of cloud accounting company Xero have delivered ...

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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 05 September 2016 2 min read

Don’t click: Zero-day Optus invoice scam deploys malware

A large run of fake Optus emails uses realistic branding and varying body content to ...

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Jaclyn McRae 01 September 2016 2 min read

Breaking: Realistic phishing scam again preys on PayPal users

A fake website designed to mimic the official PayPal site is being used in a ploy to ...

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Jaclyn McRae 31 August 2016 1 min read

Breaking: High-volume malware attack thwarted

MailGuard is today blocking a large-scale run of email attacks aiming to implant malware ...

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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 11 July 2016 3 min read

CyberCrime Network Behind AGL Targets Australia Post with New Cerber Ransomware Scam

In a new email scam breaking early Monday, the same cybercrime network behind the recent ...

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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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Australia Post Email Scam – Check Twice Before Clicking That Link

Breaking: Cybercriminals impersonate Intuit QuickBooks client in invoice scam

Cybercriminals launch fake Xero invoice attack, delivering malware

Breaking: Microsoft brand again centre of cyber scam

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

Don’t click: Zero-day Optus invoice scam deploys malware

Breaking: Realistic phishing scam again preys on PayPal users

Breaking: High-volume malware attack thwarted

Breaking: Zero-day Russian invoice scam targets businesses

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

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

Fake DHL Email Malware Scam Detected

Bad Apple - New Email Phishing Scam Targets User Credentials

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

CyberCrime Network Behind AGL Targets Australia Post with New Cerber Ransomware Scam

Yet Another Telstra Email Phishing Scam!

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