Cybersecurity

McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection, today released its first-ever Global Scam Message Study. The study surveyed more than 7,000 adults in seven countries to understand how scam messages, and the increased scam sophistication brought about by artificial intelligence (AI), have impacted the

How businesses of all sizes can prevent fraud and scams while increasing efficiency. Business owners often wear many hats, from operations and finance to marketing and human resources (HR). With limited resources, it’s important that leaders streamline processes to remain efficient. However, the challenge doesn’t

Small and medium-sized business owners beware: Cyber threats are on the rise, according to new research from Mimecast. In fact, Mimecast’s new Threat Intelligence Report finds that medium-sized companies specifically have seen an uptick in threats by more than 21% in Q3 – a trend

Small business owners are being urged by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson, to be on high alert to the rising number of criminals who may try to impersonate their business or a government agency such as the Australian Taxation Office.

Victorians are being urged to be on the lookout for impersonation scams to avoid handing over their hard-earned money to fraudsters. With Scam Awareness Week starting today, Minister for Consumer Affairs Gabrielle Williams encouraged Victorians to be alert and aware of the warning signs for

McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection has released the results of its inaugural Global Holiday Shopping Scams Study. The study surveyed more than 7,000 adults in seven countries to discover how scam messages and AI-driven scam sophistication are influencing holiday shopping sentiments. It

Australian banks have joined forces to launch a new Scam-Safe Accord to deliver a higher standard of protection for customers and put scammers out of business in Australia. This Accord, between Australia’s customer owned banks, mutual banks, building societies, credit unions and commercial banks is

Consumers are being warned to watch out for scam websites impersonating high-profile Australian retailers when shopping online this Black Friday, Cyber Monday sale weekend (24-27 November 2023). The National Anti-Scam Centre has detected a concerning increase in the number of reports of fake websites that

New support announced today by the Australian Government to help small businesses combat cyber attacks is extremely welcome, says the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson. “One of the biggest fears a small business has is that they will be targeted and