E-mails attempting to trick customers out of their bank account details could be a Russian version of the 419 email scam, according to a security expert.
In what has become a weekly event, Australian consumers have been targeted by another e-mail scam -- the latest targets National Australia Bank (NAB) customers.
Yet another online banking spam scam is doing the rounds, this time targeting St. George bank users.
The threat from phishing attacks is growing as broadband penetration in China increases, say security companies, with the problem being compounded by an alarming increase in the amount of software kits available for download that will facilitate the process.
Phishers keen on relieving Westpac customers of their online banking details are exploiting the "hardware problems" which have been cited by Australia's fourth largest bank to explain outages.
It's official: Australia is an easy target for Russian crime gangs some are even turning Aussie lonely hearts into money mules. But are those "victims" actually guilty?
Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.
Does the improved credit card security offered by chip and PIN-embedded credit cards mean a future of greater personal liability?
This week I learned about a "trick" that you can do in Windows which, as far as I am concerned, is a serious security risk.
In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.
Don't expect Internet scams, hackers, trojan horses and the like to vanish overnight. The challenge is for banks and customers to minimise their exposure to losses. But how?
Individuals have been warned about the threat of identity theft for years. Now it's the turn of businesses.
The motivation for money laundering is greed, and the common gateway is the Internet. How do Australian banks use technology to fight this phantom menace? ZDNet Australia investigates.
Online job search engine Seek is warning users not to fall for a scam that uses a bogus company name called "Plasma Project" and claims to be powered by Seek.
A new phishing e-mail aimed at diverting donations to the Australian Paralympic Team has emerged -- complete with a coding error which means that the cold-hearted scam is unlikely to work.
Phishing scams work on an embarrasingly low percentage of users -- but apparently that's enough to keep them profitable.
Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.
While Firefox 1.5 isn't too different from the original release, what's new should attract even more Firefox users -- and that's ultimately good for the Internet.
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