What’s happened? The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of a significant increase in Australians being targeted with COVID-19 related scams and phishing emails. In the last three months, the ACSC and the Australian Competition…
Cyber security is essential when preparing for COVID-19
What’s happened? Businesses around the country are looking at ways to protect their staff and vulnerable members of the community from the COVID-19 pandemic. Instructing their staff to work remotely may be one way of…
Our top alerts of 2019 – scams, exploits…
With a new year well underway, we’ve recapped some of our top alerts from 2019, with pointers on how to protect yourself against each threat. 1. Check before you click. Scammers pretended to be Australia…
Australia Post SMS scam targeting Australians
What’s happened? With millions of parcel deliveries expected around the country, Australia Post is seeing widespread scam text (SMS) messages being sent to people, using their brand. These fake SMS messages may tell you that…
Cybercriminals targeting unpatched versions of Windows to take…
What’s happened? The Australian Cyber Security Centre has received reports that hackers are using a security vulnerability called BlueKeep to install malicious software on devices using older versions of Windows. This follows on from the…
Scam text messages targeting Australia Post customers
What’s happened? Australia Post is warning the community of widespread scam text messages telling customers there are problems delivering a package, or that a parcel won’t be delivered “due to unverified shipping address.” The text…
Widespread Emotet malicious software targeting businesses and individuals
What’s happened? The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of a widespread malicious email virus (malware), known as ‘Emotet’, targeting Australian businesses and individuals. Cybercriminals use malware for different reasons, most commonly to steal…
Reverse the threat of cybercrime – Stay Smart…
It’s Stay Smart Online Week and you might have noticed things look a little different! We have reversed our website to black and white for the week to draw attention to cybercrime. Many of our…