Author: Phoenix Nguyen

Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a 660% increase in phishing attacks worldwide. The shift to remote work has further increased our reliance on email for communication, thus creating perfect conditions for email fraud schemes. So how can you protect yourself and your business from being a victim of cybercriminals? Traditional phishing scams, like the now-infamous “Nigerian prince” scam, are so widely known that few today would fall victim to them. Time hasn’t stood still for scammers, though, and their techniques have become increasingly sophisticated and harder to spot. In the past, phishers attempting to create…

In years gone by, the more brazen of criminals dreamt-up imaginative and resourceful ways to rob a bank, a train or the corner jewellery store. These days, rather than diamonds and gold bullion, its information that’s most highly prized, and it’s a laptop rather than the barrel of a gun that’s getting the job done. In the era of the ‘hacker,’ these sorts of crimes are occurring more and more frequently. Just recently, the personal information of 9.7m Australians was stolen from the country’s largest health insurer – making it the country’s worst data breach. Whilst the above is obviously…