Scams stories

Gen predicts AI will customise and escalate cyber threats by 2024, making cybersecurity a daily life necessity.

Landmark study by Ringover has revealed a majority of people can't distinguish between real and AI-generated voices.

Study shows up to half of Britons struggle to spot AI-manufactured fake news, despite claims of discernment ability.

In response to rising cybercrime, KnowBe4 has shared its primary cybersecurity advice for the 2023 festive season.

An SAS consumer fraud study indicates higher global fraud awareness, urging robust protective measures against evolving scam tactics.

Rise in AI technologies boosts Black Friday scam risk in Australia, with losses to fraud hitting $3.1bn in 2020.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is taking a bold step in the fight against scams with innovative technologies in a partnership with Quantium Telstra.

Sophisticated cyber criminals are beginning to incorporate SIM swapping techniques into their campaigns, according to Entelgy Innotec Security.

National Cybersecurity Week highlights the need to boost cyber awareness, especially for the non-tech savvy group.

The attacks involve re-directing followers popular channels to one run by cybercriminals or a cybercriminal taking full control of the real channel.

More than half of Kiwi Facebook users are concerned about being scammed on social media marketplaces, according to Norton.

A new attack using Dropbox for phishing has been discovered, with 5,440 attacks observed in the first two weeks of September.

Norton unveils cybersecurity service, Norton Small Business, designed to protect NZ's small firms from online attacks.

McAfee launches AI-powered Scam Protection to combat the rising threat of sophisticated cyber scams, using AI to outsmart criminals.

With the growth of artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT, cybercriminals now have added support in creating sophisticated scams.

Almost half of Australians (47%) have been targeted by online scams, with 49% knowing someone who has, according to a survey by Real Insurance and CoreData.

Avast telemetry shows phishing and scams focused on human manipulation account for over 75% of all desktop detections.

The use of conversational tools demonstrates how threat actors are beginning to match their ingenuity with new-found precision and patience.

Norton has released Norton Genie, a real-time AI-powered scam detector, to provide an efficient and free way to check if texts, emails and websites are scams.

Five digital organisation’s including Meta and Netsafe are launching a detection tool to stop New Zealanders from being scammed.

Scammers are not just calling or emailing Kiwis 'out of the blue' anymore; they are waiting in ambush with highly sophisticated schemes.

Phictionary throws the spotlight on some of the most common phishing attacks detected and blocked by Norton to help people spot the tell-tale signs of scams.

With Australians falling victim to scammers with $3.1 billion lost in 2022 alone, it has never been more important to foster a safe IT environment.

Avast researchers have identified a video campaign from an organisation claiming to be collecting money for sick children, which are actually scam sites.