MailGuard Blog

A new Dropbox phishing scam emerged last night, with cyber criminals trying to hack the recipient’s email account by harvesting credentials from a fake Dropbox form.

Another fake Google phishing email is currently in circulation, manipulating readers into surrendering access to their email accounts.

Beware of a new PayPal phishing scam that’s hitting inboxes today.

Organisations have again been the target of a number of spear phishing attacks this week, which MailGuard has successfully blocked.

A new sham Apple phishing scam has emerged, which uses a range of tactics to fool users into surrendering personal information including their account and credit card details.

A new fake Citibank phishing scam using advanced techniques to manipulate users into surrendering online banking access has emerged.

A new fake Dropbox phishing scam targeting users of the online sharing and storage platform is currently in circulation.

A fake PayPal phishing scam which fools users into surrendering their personal details is currently in circulation.

A Google Docs phishing scam has been successfully blocked by MailGuard’s email filtering software, following another similar recent attack.

If you’ve made the move to Office 365 as your hosted email solution, your email is likely to be filtered using its Exchange Online Protection (EOP), which works to intercept and remove malicious content before it reaches your inbox.

The features and benefits of Office 365 are undeniable, allowing business owners and employees to access email and data from anywhere in the world via the cloud.

However, organisations transferring their operations to the cloud face a number of security implications - in particular, data access and defence against cyber threats like spam and malware.

Fortunately Office 365 features a range of security benefits, shown below, which help to mitigate risk.

MailGuard have identified and successfully blocked another zero day malware scam purporting to be from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). 

MailGuard have identified and successfully blocked a phishing email scam purporting to be from the Australian Government Department of Human Services (DHS). 

Warning: International cyber criminals are targeting Australians again by recycling their fake ‘Australian Federal Police (AFP) infringement scam’ campaign.

Let’s get real for a moment. Your antivirus software isn’t stopping fastbreak phishing and other spam attacks like Cryptolocker.