Category: Email Phishing

Incident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 30, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Tasmania | 0 |

Australian Superfund Phishing Attack May 2022: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack. Data possibly compromised after attacker overcame MFA on email account.

Incident: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries | SMH

by Steven Kirby | May 20, 2021 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, Phishing, Privacy Breach, Real Estate and Property Management, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald | 0 |

Australian Real Estate Cyber Incident May 2021: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries. There is a risk that some of your personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party.

Incident: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Feb 19, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, Email Phishing, Phishing, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Education Outage February 2021: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage. Reportedly the significant cyber attack was caused by a phishing scam.

Incident: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 25, 2020 | 09 Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Detailed Privacy Breach September 2020: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details including bank details, birth certificates and court orders.

Incident (Updated): Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | May 14, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |

Updated September 2, 2020 | Australian Phishing Attack April 2020: Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack. The attack involved the illegal accessing of 47 Service NSW staff members’ email accounts.

Incident: Hackers target West Australia’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | May 13, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, News Film and Media, Privacy, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Phishing Attack May 2020: Hackers target The West Australian, WA’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk, impersonating the administrator sending out phishing emails and accessed historic conversations.

Incident: Perth Mint visitor data stolen after feedback survey company hacked | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | Jan 31, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Breach Notification, Data Breach, Email Phishing, Hacked, Privacy Breach, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Survey Hacked January 2020: Perth Mint visitor feedback survey data stolen after West Australian market insights company Metrix Consulting was hacked via a Phishing scam.

Incident: AusTender becomes latest bait for phishers | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Jan 15, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Email, Email Phishing, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Federal Government, Government Agency, iTnews, Scam | 0 |

Phishers are targeting would-be tenderers to the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development with an email and fake AusTender landing page.

Incident: St George Bank hit by email scam | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Jun 1, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Banking and Finance, Email, Email Phishing, iTWire, Phishing | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 01 2018 A new email scam using St George...

Australia Post Christmas parcel scam: What to look out for | news.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Dec 13, 2017 | Australia, Awareness, CyberCrime, Cybersecurity, Email Phishing, news.com.au, Scam | 0 |

WHILE most people consider Christmas to be a time of celebration and giving, there are people out there looking to exploit the holiday. Sadly, we’re not just talking about your boss forcing you to come into work the day after...

Telstra, CommBank targeted by email scammers | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Nov 26, 2017 | Australia, Banking and Finance, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, iTWire, Phishing, Scam, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Two major Australian brands, Telstra and Commonwealth Bank, have been targeted by scammers in a bid to dupe users into downloading malware to their computers or giving up credit card details. Source: Telstra, CommBank targeted...

Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Nov 15, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australia, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, Scam | 0 |

A new phishing scam impersonating Microsoft Office 365 started hitting Aussie inboxes this week. Source: Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site

Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans | CSO

by Steven Kirby | Oct 24, 2017 | Australia, Banking and Finance, CSO from IDG, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, Malware, Scam, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Utilities | 0 |

Don’t click “View my bill” if you receive these emails from Telstra or EnergyAustralia. Source: Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans – CSO | The Resource for Data Security...

WA property scam: Elderly woman loses more than $500k after bogus emails | ABC News (Australian)

by Steven Kirby | Sep 20, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Email, Email Phishing, Real Estate and Property Management, Scam, Western Australia | 0 |

An 83-year-old woman is robbed of more than half a million dollars after email scammers pretend to be her settlement agent and convince her son to transfer cash into a bogus account. Source: WA property scam: Elderly woman loses...

Incident: Sydney startup Qnect hit by cyber attack as government commits $15 million in cyber security grants for SMEs | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Jun 1, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Email, Email Phishing, Entertainment and Events, Hacked, New South Wales, SmartCompany | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 1 2017 Sydney-based events and ticketing...

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Category: Email Phishing

Incident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews

Incident: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries | SMH

Incident: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details | iTnews

Incident (Updated): Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack | ZDNet

Incident: Hackers target West Australia’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk | WAtoday

Incident: Perth Mint visitor data stolen after feedback survey company hacked | WAtoday

Incident: AusTender becomes latest bait for phishers | iTnews

Incident: St George Bank hit by email scam | iTWire

Australia Post Christmas parcel scam: What to look out for | news.com.au

Telstra, CommBank targeted by email scammers | iTWire

Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site | ARN

Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans | CSO

WA property scam: Elderly woman loses more than $500k after bogus emails | ABC News (Australian)

Incident: Sydney startup Qnect hit by cyber attack as government commits $15 million in cyber security grants for SMEs | SmartCompany

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