MITIGATE Seminar announces Daniel Burrus to join six city Australian tour.

MITIGATE Seminar announces six city Australian tour featuring Kevin Mitnick

If someone tried to scam you, the Australasian Consumer Fraud Task Force (ACFT) and the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) want to hear from you.

Following the reporting of a dispute as to the authenticity of an antique violin, PayPal demanded the buyer destroy the item and provide photographic proof.  At least it wasn't a goldfish or a puppy.

Sometimes the hottie on the 'find-me-a-lifelong-partner' website is not what they claim to be.  That's fine if all it costs you is a few drinks at the local bar; not so fine if you're thousands out of pocket.

There seems to be no stopping the scam artists as they move from state to state attempting to extort money from naive computer users.

In an amusing case of "physician, heal thyself," an anti-piracy group is attempting to shut down a Russian-based clone of themselves.  Good luck with that!

With the March RSA hack still ringing in the ears of token users, banks and any organisation that uses tokens for two-factor authentication, the world must finally learn that authentication does not equal security, as cyber criminals use malware to easily hijack authenticated but insecure sessions.

We’re smack bang in the middle of National Cyber Security Awareness Week, with the worrying news that Australians are far more concerned about the nation’s Internet security and are far less worried about their own.

It’s not just Lady Gaga with a poker face, but most likely payments processing king-turned-supergrass, Daniel Tzvetzkoff, who made off with tons of cash before being nabbed by the US Feds in Las Vegas – and now faces Aussie action should he ever show his poker face down under again.