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Monday, 26 October 2020 11:18
Young Australians lose most to threat-based scams
Young people are reporting the highest losses to threat-based scams, with Australians having lost over $8.8 million to the scams so far this year, and people aged 24 and under reporting losing more than $4.1 million to the scams.
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Security
Monday, 12 October 2020 00:29
Why COVID-19 has been good news for cybercriminals
GUEST OPINION by Jim Cook, Attivo Networks: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a rough and costly period for many organisations, yet for one group, it has opened up a raft of potentially lucrative new targets.
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Guest Opinion
Monday, 21 September 2020 10:35
Real estate rental advertising scams fleece renters of their money, warns Scamwatch
Australians have already lost over $300,000 to rental and accommodation scams this year - an increase of 76% compared to the same time last year - by responding to fake advertisements posted on real estate or classified websites.
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Security
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Comments
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Re: iTWire - Sydney Morning Herald shows it knows nothing about encryption
Why anyone would believe the cut and paste print, with an occasional poorly researched article from the MSM print division,[…]
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Re: iTWire - GitHub bows to RIAA, takes down source for YouTube video downloader
This is so moronic. Anyone with a modicum of knowledge can easily navigate around any fences designed to stop people[…]
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Re: iTWire - How real is AI?
Quite an interesting range of views.
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Re: iTWire - GitHub bows to RIAA, takes down source for YouTube video downloader
The RIAA is about to be schooled in the Streisand Effect.
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Re: iTWire - A VPN is fast becoming a commodity of the digital era, but the right VPN matters
A nice advatorial.I would suggest strongly though that anyone needing a VPN does some research as there are others which[…]
