The number of people complaining about falling victim to or being targeted by a phishing scam has doubled in Australia over the past few months, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Just weeks after Westpac's online banking systems were crippled by a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, it is warning customers about a new wave of hoax e-mails.
Users of online banking services are willing to change banks if competitors offer better security options, according to a new Datamonitor survey.
Fraudsters have again targeted Commonwealth Bank customers in an e-mail scam.
Another e-mail scam is doing the rounds, this one attempting to lure PayPal customers to fork over their account details under the pretext of increasing security.
It took help from three security experts, Citibank's spokesperson, dozens of e-mails and almost a full working day of investigation to confirm that an e-mail I had seen from Citibank was not actually a clever phishing attempt.
There are plenty of popular strategies for reducing enterprise storage usage, but up until now I've never heard the usage of Facebook or instant messaging listed amongst them -- but there's a first time for everything.
Commonwealth Bank CIO Michael Harte this week publicly pondered popular Web technologies most IT managers must be looking at and asking "how can these make/save me money?"
Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing a new tactic -- launch a DDoS attack on the Web site of the company whose customers they are targeting and then send e-mails "explaining" the outage and offering an "alternative" URL.
When creating a secure, locked down IT system for something that is directly responsible for handling cash transactions would you choose the most popular, most targeted operating system?
Individuals have been warned about the threat of identity theft for years. Now it's the turn of businesses.
Financial organisations are slowly embracing the notion of unified communications, but significant organisational hurdles remain
If we're losing the battle against spam, how can we win the war? In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a comprehensive resource centre for IT professionals battling spam.
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You can do more about spam than you might think. Start by understanding the technical solutions available for dealing with spam.
Phishing scams work on an embarrasingly low percentage of users -- but apparently that's enough to keep them profitable.
"Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks"--Text of e-mail message that accompanies files spreading the W32.Sircam.worm@mm virus.
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