Apple wins praise for adding ‘USB Restricted Mode’ to secure iPhones – 15 June 2018

by admin | Jun 15, 2018 | News & Analysis

Apple confirmed today it will close a security hole that has allowed law enforcement officials, working with forensic companies, to break into iPhones to retrieve data related to criminal investigations....

‘The mother of all crypto scams’: Bitcoin’s price manipulated during ‘meteoric rise’, researchers find – 15 June 2018

by admin | Jun 15, 2018 | News & Analysis

Already down more than 50 per cent from its peak at the height of crypto-mania last year, bitcoin has been battered this week by fresh claims its price has been artificially manipulated by the digital currency ‘Tether’. Tether is a so-called “stablecoin” pegged at...

Man behind Fyre Festival disaster busted for scamming attendees – again – 14 June 2018

by admin | Jun 14, 2018 | News & Analysis

Billy McFarland, the promoter of the disastrous Fyre Festival went back to defrauding people after he was arrested last year. He was rearrested Tuesday and charged with earning $130,000 by selling fake tickets to exclusive fashion, music and sporting events through...

Judge scolds lawyers for ‘epistolary grenades’ in $8M fraud case – 13 June 2018

by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | News & Analysis

Article talks about a  civil case connected to an $8 million fraud by a former solicitor (Brody Clarke) with law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell. Clarke, which allegedly funnelled the clients’ funds into a personal Westpac bank account and gambled it away, faces criminal...

Don’t get caught out by these tax time scams – 13 June 2018

by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | News & Analysis

As the end of the financial year looms on June 30, it’s a peak time for scammers, who bank on hitting businesses and individuals with official-looking emails and texts from financial institutions, and government agencies including ASIC, Australian Taxation Office...