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Australia amongst top 10 for high-risk URLs – and most of those are for phishing

'Polymorphism' was the word of 2016, which describes each instance as unique and undetectable by traditional signature-based security approaches.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Feb 2017

Global Stories

Spam stories

Phishing

Spammers are exploiting the massive political Trump card in 2016

Spam levels, including fake news about Donald Trump, accounted for over half of all email traffic in Q2 2016, according to Kaspersky Labs.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Aug 2016

Malware

Video of Hillary making ISIS deal: It's not real, says security expert

Symantec warns of non-existent video of Hillary Clinton exchanging money with ISIS used as bait in spam emails.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Aug 2016

Spam

#Spamnomore: Twitter's new features hand quality control back to you

Twitter is handing control back to its users with new two features that will screen out unwanted content - and unwanted users.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Aug 2016

Distributed Denial of Service

The JAKU botnet - what you need to know

In short, botnets allow hackers to take control of multiple computers at the one time to spread viruses, create spam and perform attacks.

By Carl Leonard • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Jun 2016

Spam

Fight against spam now a global effort

Enforcement agencies from around the world including New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to fight against spam.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Jun 2016

Malware

ESET security solutions top independent spam filtering tests

ESET has come out tops in anti-spam testing for security solutions in tests by both AV-Comparatives and Virus Bulletin.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Tue, 10th May 2016

Endpoint Protection

Australia a target for 'designer' cyber threats

With cybercriminals having a deliberate hand in creating threats that look authentic and are targeted, it is more difficult to recognise spam.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016

Spam

Hush-hush attitudes toward cyber attacks 'devastating' Kiwi businesses

Hush-hush attitudes contribute to cyber attacks that are devastating New Zealand businesses, warns IT firm Resolve.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Apr 2016

Malware

Old malware foe active in Aus and NZ

Bayrob displays a message suggesting the user the downloaded file is incompatible with the system, while it is actually already releasing a Trojan.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 17th Feb 2016

Malware

Bitdefender uncovers global spam campaign

Bitdefender has discovered a global spam campaign spreading banking Trojan Dyre, using various approaches to maximise damage.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 8th Jul 2015

Malware

SMX lauches email security service for Office 365

SMX has launched a new offering designed to make it easy for resellers and customers to integrate SMX email filtering with Office 365.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 12th Jun 2015

Facebook

Facebook offers half-ass attempt at reducing hoaxes on News Feeds

Facebook aims to reduce distribution of hoax stories in News Feed, adding annotations to posts receiving multiple hoax reports, according to a recent blog post.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2015

Gaming

Kiwis fall foul of Twitter's dark side

Any time you use a social media service, it provides an additional opportunity for spammers, scammers and malicious masterminds to take advantage.

By Donovan Jackson • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Oct 2014

Wireless Networks

Kiwi enterprises take note... Top 12 email spam tips to share with staff

Unsolicited email or spam may be a mere nuisance for most emails users, but for a system administrator spam is a headache and a major security threat.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Sat, 5th Jul 2014