Love rat scams $2.6m from 27 women he seduced – 11 February 2019

by admin | Feb 11, 2019 | News & Analysis

Nine woman who were swindled out of a joint $AU2.64 million by a love rat, whose aliases included a doctor, pilot, professor, lawyer, firefighter, banker and war vet, have broken their silence, on how he emptied their bank accounts....

In this age of surveillance capitalism, the law is left for dust – 9 February 2019

by admin | Feb 9, 2019 | News & Analysis

The price of internet access seems to be the signing up to non-negotiable, incomprehensible online contracts that permit technology companies to use and share our data. Our existing privacy laws are viewed as inadequate. The Australian Competition and Consumer...

‘Dramatic rise’ in email fraud with banking trojans biggest threat – 8 February 2019

by admin | Feb 8, 2019 | News & Analysis

Email fraud attacks continue to grow dramatically, with the number of attacks against targeted companies increasing 226% between Q3 2018 and Q4 2018. Australian organisations must implement a people-centric security approach that includes a comprehensive email fraud...

Police freeze $7.5m in assets of ex chief of staff to NAB boss – 8 February 2019

by admin | Feb 8, 2019 | News & Analysis

Police have frozen nearly $8 million in assets owned by the former chief of staff to outgoing National Australia Bank boss Andrew Thorburn, including a $1 million NAB bank cheque as part of an investigation into alleged fraud inside the bank....

Facial recognition is about to end your privacy. How do you feel about that? – 8 February 2019

by admin | Feb 8, 2019 | News & Analysis

Article explains how facial recognition technology could damage  privacy  and increase the risk of blackmail, discrimination and persuasion. The Identity-Matching Services Bill and companion passport-related Bill (currently in review),  states the system will be...