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Drug kingpins, fraudsters and a jailed banker on database – 16 September 2020
Hundreds of Australian people smugglers, fraudsters, drug kingpins and a former Macquarie banker jailed for dealing ecstasy are named on a leaked Chinese database. The leaked database has been met with concern and alarm in Australia and will now form part of a Senate inquiry into foreign interference through social media.
Telstra to block Services Australia SMS phishing scams – 15 September 2020
Working with Services Australia and the Australian Cyber Security Centre, Telstra has piloted a new malicious text message blocking service on its network that stops impersonation attempts from reaching Services Australia customers. It will identify and rejects phishing text messages that appear to be sent from myGov, the government’s online services portal, and Centrelink.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-to-block-services-australia-sms-phishing-scams-553339
Project examining extent of technology-facilitated abuse in Australia launches – 14 September 2020
Led by Monash University and RMIT, stage one of a project researching the extent of the use of technology to facilitate sexual abuse and violence against women will begin. Technology-facilitated abuse refers to the use of mobile, internet and surveillance technologies in interpersonal harms such as online sexual harassment, stalking, partner violence and image-based abuse.
NAB flags cyber-attacks during the pandemic have intensified – 14 September 2020
NAB has recorded literally millions of cyber-attacks, warning online criminals are amplifying their attack on customers. They said fraud attempts made to customer accounts had increased by more than 78 per cent between May to June, with estimated losses rising 33 per cent. Cyber threats on the bank range from phishing sites targeting customers, to network and application based attacks on its digital banking platforms.
