Bitdefender researchers have uncovered a surge in subscription scams, both in scale and sophistication, spurred by a massive campaign involving hundreds of fraudulent websites. What sets this campaign apart is the significant investment cybercriminals have undertaken to make these fake sites look convincingly legitimate.
Gone are the days when a suspicious email, SMS, or basic phishing link could easily fool users. As people grow more cautious and cyber-aware, scammers are stepping up their game. They have already begun crafting more complex and convincing schemes to bypass scepticism and lure victims into handing over sensitive information, especially credit card data.
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Security Awareness involves educating individuals within an organisation about potential cyber threats, safe online practices, and the importance of maintaining a security-conscious mindset. Security Awareness programs aim to empower employees to recognise and mitigate cybersecurity risks, reducing the likelihood of falling victim to social engineering attacks such as phishing or malware. Effective security awareness efforts encompass regular training sessions, simulated phishing exercises, and the dissemination of relevant information to foster a culture of cybersecurity vigilance.
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Sam Salehi, Managing Director ANZ at Qualys shares insights for effective data security.
Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) provides attackers with advanced toolsets and templates that enable them to quickly deploy phishing campaigns.
The rapid rise and evolution ...

Olly Stimpson, Senior Security Strategy Adviser ANZ at CyberArk provides his recommendations for organisations to protect privacy in the lead up to Data Privacy Day.

As cyber threat actors continue to leverage more and more sophistication in phishing attacks and other cases of fraud targeting customers and consumers, organisations need to ...

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Australian organisations face an array of cybersecurity challenges that didn’t exist half a decade ago.
And yet the reliance on traditional security and legacy ...
Cybercrime rates in Australia have surged, with online attacks averaging out to one every six minutes, according to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).(1) For ...
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An analysis of REF8685's abuse of GitHub for C2 to evade defenses.
Elastic Security Labs describes ABYSSWORKER, a malicious driver used with the MEDUSA ransomware attack-chain to disable anti-malware tools.
The first few months of 2025 saw a massive spike in phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) attacks targeting organizations around the world, with more than a million attacks detected ...
Bitdefender's security researchers have identified a large-scale ad fraud campaign that deployed hundreds of malicious apps in the Google Play Store, resulting in more than ...
With a market-leading +99% accuracy rate, Incode will play a key role in safeguarding Aussie minors on social media
Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has today released new research showing almost one in four (23%) of Australia’s top-ranked hospitals is ...
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