by admin | Apr 18, 2020 | News & Analysis
A family in the US is suing Princess Cruises for more than $1.6 million for “recklessly” failing to alert passengers to the risk of exposure to coronavirus on the Ruby Princess. The ship is now the subject of a police investigation and a separate...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Brokers need to be more vigilant of financial scams. Furthermore, as online videoconferencing platforms are being used to communicate with customers, there is greater risk of online trolls hacking into private meetings....
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has received more than 1900 reports in just one week of a large-scale “sextortion” campaign targeting Australian internet users. Online scammers use limited personal details with the aim of intimidating recipients into paying the...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
SIM spoofing attacks (where a mobile phone number is taken over by an attacker) means that millions of dollars of cryptocurrency and bitcoin wallets can be lost. WebAuthn, is a new W3C open standard for web authentication. It allows traders to add a biometric device...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Government support programs rushed by necessity in a crisis will have problems. Some employers are trying to exploit their employees by keeping a share of the job keeper payment for administration costs, whilst others are trying to double dip superannuation tax...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Due to the Covid-19, the 45 whistleblower protection groups who make up the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN) have called on all public authorities and institutions to protect whistleblowers. Now even more, whistleblowers need to be protected from exposing...