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Cybercriminal activity is expected to increase over the holidays, warns Rubrik's CISO Michael Mestrovich. Stay vigilant and avoid cyber scams.

WhatsApp data breach exposes personal information of up to 1.8 million New Zealanders, creating potential cyber threats. Norton offers security tips.

Almost 300 loan apps found in Africa, Southeast Asia, India, Colombia, and Mexico exhibit predatory behavior, says Lookout.

Check Point Software has released a statement to raise awareness among online gift shoppers to be cautious at all times and take the necessary precautions.

Bitdefender launches real-time chat protection for mobile messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, to combat cyber threats.

Nearly a quarter of New Zealanders (22%) surveyed said they tend to take more risks when online shopping during the holiday season than other times of the year.

DHL is the most impersonated brand in phishing attacks, with scammers accounting for 22% of all attempts worldwide, warns a new report.

There's been a fivefold increase in the number of domains used for crypto giveaway scams that involve fake YouTube streams in the first half of 2022.

The Commerce Commission has issued a formal warning to online gift-box retailer, Occasion Box, for making false and unsubstantiated claims.

Identity theft and online fraud are on the rise, but data protection laws are evolving to combat them. Here are three key steps to address data privacy.

More than a third (35%) of New Zealanders encounter scams on a weekly basis, according to research commissioned by Avast.

Cryptocurrency scams, which typically present themselves as passive crypto investing opportunities, are less enticing to potential victims.

Response-based attacks targeting corporate inboxes have climbed to their highest volume since 2020, representing 41% of all email-based scams.

In the three years leading up to 2022, the number of Gen Zs who fell victim to online scams rose by 123%, according to Ping Identity.

Researchers at Group-IB have uncovered that Classiscam, a sophisticated scam-as-a-service operation, has expanded to Singapore.

Cryptocurrencies are valuable, digital, anonymous, and can be used across borders - they can be sent to others anytime, anywhere.

Norton's quarterly report reveals over 4.8 million threats were thwarted in New Zealand between April and June 2022, with a focus on social media phishin.

The total losses from January to June 2022 have more than doubled compared to the first half of 2021, where Australians lost a combined $139 million.

Scammers posing as Nvidia launched a fraudulent website for their 30th anniversary, offering a fake Bitcoin giveaway. The scammers used an incorrect logo color.

New research from Akamai has found that a new threat actor is parasitising benign WordPress sites to execute an extensive PayPal phishing scam.

Flexible work arrangements are becoming a lasting effect of the pandemic, but it has created security issues for organizations.

Cost of fraud in Asia Pacific rose 10%-16% from pre-pandemic levels, with digital banks and alternative lenders hit hardest.

INTERPOL crackdown on telecom and social engineering scams results in 2,000 arrests and $50m of illicit funds intercepted.

Employees who receive 30-60 external emails per day could be wasting 11 hours every year looking through and identifying spam messages.