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" This is an issue that isn’t going away. More needs to be done or we will continue to see large numbers of New Zealanders suffering financial and psychological harm,” says Netsafe CEO Martin Cocker.>>

Of the 30% of calls that were classified as nuisance or scam calls, trueCall stopped 98% of them.>>

Exit scam, or just plain bad luck? Investors in one of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges will be pondering that very question.>>

There was a staggering rise in criminal activity within the cryptocurrency market last year, despite the decline in the market.>>

We all love them and our lives are effectively run by them, but research has revealed apps are increasingly growing deceitful with ulterior motives.>>

We all love them and our lives are effectively run by them, but research has revealed apps are increasingly growing deceitful with ulterior motives.>>

We all love them and our lives are effectively run by them, but research has revealed apps are increasingly growing deceitful with ulterior motives.>>

In the last month, two e-mail scams surfaced asking taxpayers to fill in a form to receive a refund owed to them.>>

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recently warned of a sophisticated phone scam, manipulating Australians for a reported $830,000 in November. >>

“In one case, the attacker gained access and tracked the business’s emails for at least six months. They gathered extensive knowledge of the business’s billing cycles.">>

Despite the crackdowns, Microsoft warns that these scams persist and target everyone, no matter their age or location.>>

Scamwatch is warning Australian businesses to take an urgent look at how they deal with accounts and invoices.>>

The losses are almost five times higher compared to the same period last year, from reported losses alone.>>

Unfortunately the Xero Security team is all too aware of fraud. We see it affecting our customers and community as an almost daily event.  >>

Is this for real? More often than not these days it can be hard to tell, and it’s okay to be a bit suspicious, especially when it comes to fraud.>>

This unease is warranted given the growing sophistication of scammers and their activities, and numbers of attempted fraud.>>

Cybercriminals are mimicking well-known companies, “brandjacking” them in a bid to infect computer systems and to steal sensitive data.>>

Around a fifth (21%) of New Zealanders who had encountered tech support scams were fooled into continuing with an interaction.>>

CERT NZ’s April-June 2018 Quarterly Report suggests that cyber threats – and the amount of people who are reporting them – are once again on the rise, and fewer people are losing money.>>

CERT NZ is warning New Zealand businesses to be aware of an upsurge in fake invoices, which are often intercepting genuine payments.>>

The ACCC has issued another warning to Australians to be wary of scam tactics, as victims continue to lose large sums of money.>>

This year Kiwis have lost a staggering $18.6 million to scams, compared to $10.1 million for over the entirety of last year.>>

Every day cybercriminals come up with a wide variety of phishing tactics with the intent of scamming innocent users.>>

Residents at Auckland’s Settlers Village are now wiser to the dangers of online scams, thanks to a visit from BNZ staff yesterday.>>