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- ‘Long way to go’ as record number of scams reported according to Australian Financial Complaints Authorityby Kat Wong on October 30, 2024 at 11:05 pm
Consumers and small businesses reported an 81 per cent increase in scams over the past year.
- Brisbane woman escapes Australia Post scam: Essential tips for online shoppers ahead of Black Friday sales and Christmas rushby Dominique Tassell on October 28, 2024 at 1:37 am
‘Do not click.’
- Victorian woman loses $35,000 in online scam, shattering wedding dreamsby Molly Magennis on October 9, 2024 at 4:01 am
The young woman can no longer afford her dream wedding.
- Nearly 40,000 Aussie tradies at risk after major data leak at hardware chainby Caleb Taylor on September 19, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Credit card numbers, email addresses and other log-in details have been compromised.
- ‘Serious harm’: Highest number of data breaches in years revealed in new reportby Hayley Taylor on September 16, 2024 at 2:05 am
‘We are moving into a new era in which our expectations of entities are higher.’
- Business owner’s warning after hackers steal credit card, personal details in email scamby Ailish Delaney on September 14, 2024 at 9:14 pm
‘It happened very quickly.’
- Daniel accepted a friend request on a gaming app. Within weeks he was the victim of a sextortion scamby Hayley Taylor on August 28, 2024 at 7:28 am
The young boy’s parents helped him through the ‘traumatic experience’.
- Australians lost more than $293 million to investment scams last yearby Sowaibah Hanifie on August 27, 2024 at 2:26 am
Andrew felt hopeful before the relationship took a chilling turn.
- Donald Trump’s election campaign says it was hacked, blames Iran for cyberattackby Kanishka Singh and Nathan Layne on August 11, 2024 at 3:15 am
‘These documents were obtained illegally.’
- ‘Insane’ community response after Brisbane couple lose life savings to scamby Hayley Taylor on July 26, 2024 at 9:25 pm
The pair had saved nearly $98,000 for IVF treatment – and that was wiped out.
- Scammers targeting those trying to recover from global CyberStrike outageby Dominique Tassell and Josh Martin on July 20, 2024 at 12:02 am
The scammers are claiming to be able to help, using malicious websites and unofficial code.
- ‘This is more serious than a cyberattack’: IT outage ends but sparks widespread fearsby Samantha Lock on July 19, 2024 at 8:53 pm
Authorities are scrambling to understand how a simple software update caused unprecedented chaos for companies and services.
- Almost 10 billion passwords leaked in biggest password leak in historyby Molly Magennis on July 9, 2024 at 10:30 pm
This is how to check if you’ve been affected.
- Android users warned about Rafel RAT malware, that can lock devices and bypass two-factor authenticationby Dominique Tassell on June 29, 2024 at 8:46 pm
Phone users are being urged to be wary of the apps they download onto their devices.
- A father took his life after losing his savings to international criminal gangs. He’s not the only oneby Teele Rebane and Ivan Watson on June 29, 2024 at 7:33 am
‘We’ve got victims victimising victims and the only winners are Chinese gangsters.’
- Urgent warning over ‘myGov’ and ‘ATO’ email days before tax timeby Hayley Taylor on June 26, 2024 at 1:21 am
‘Delete it immediately.’
- MediSecure confirms data breach accessed personal patient and prescription detailsby Hayley Taylor on May 20, 2024 at 12:58 am
The health company has revealed what personal information was reached in the cyberattack.
- Firstmac customers impacted by data breachby Molly Magennis on May 11, 2024 at 2:24 am
Bank account information, passport details and phone numbers were accessed. Are you at risk?
- Urgent Microsoft warning for Android users over dangerous Google Play Store appsby Hayley Taylor on May 10, 2024 at 9:17 pm
The malicious apps detected have been downloaded more than four billion times.
- South Australian florist locked out of Facebook account, charged $4500by Sowaibah Hanifie on April 26, 2024 at 9:39 pm
‘They should change their name to faceless, not Facebook.’