"scams" news, interviews, and features

News about scams

• Aussie scam tally rises by 30% to $634M

  Number of Scamwatch reports lower but financial losses soaring

• Scammers impersonate Australian Cyber Security Centre

  Remote access scammers impersonate ACSC

• Phishing and identity theft make top three most reported scams in 2018

  ACCC report reveals losses exceeding $489.7 million

• ATO scams cost Australians $2.2M in three months

  Tax office hit by huge spike of phone scams

• Fake email scams cost Australian businesses $2.8M in 2018

  Business email compromise hacks on the rise

• Aussie small businesses scammed out of $2.3M so far in 2018

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Features about scams

• Opinion: The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics

  Curiously, ethical lapses and email often go hand in hand