What do you do after a data breach?
A hacker has stolen the personal information of over 100 million people from Capital One Financial Corp in the latest high-profile breach of sensitive consumer data.
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Inland Revenue: Always use IR secure channels to update bank details
Warns against latest scam targeting taxpayers
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In Pictures: 7 social engineering scams and how to avoid them
Even the most savvy IT professionals can fall victim to social engineering attacks. Here’s how to recognize these threats and avoid falling prey to them.
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In Pictures: The worst of the worst phishing scams
The depths a phishing scammer will stoop to in order to gain a buck are remarkable. Here are some of the bottom feeders to guard against in your inbox.
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Beware swindlers using Olympic bait
Computer security firms have warned businesses and consumers to be wary of Olympic email and internet scams over the next three weeks as the world's attention turns to the 2008 Beijing Games.
Hundreds of would-be Games attendees were caught by a sophisticated online Olympics ticketing scam and anti-virus software makers Symantec and McAfee cautioned that many more schemes were afoot. -
Commonwealth Bank boosts netbank security
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has signed up almost one million customers in just over a year to use a new type of internet banking security designed to stamp out fraud from phishing and other scams.
The CBA's general manager of online banking, Drew Unsworth, told The Australian Financial Review his group had about 950,000 customers using its "two-factor" authentication tools, which require users to enter one-time passwords to authorise some online transactions.