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Incident: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Feb 9, 2021 | Agriculture and Farming, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Integrity, Medical and Health Care, SmartCompany | 0 |

Australian Cybercrime February 2021: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack. Experienced a major cyber security incident involving a third party that stole $3.6 million in transactions meant for a contractor.

Incident: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment | news.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Nov 23, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Integrity, New South Wales, news.com.au, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Zoom Compromise November 2020: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment. A fake Zoom invite has forced a Sydney hedge fund to close up shop after cybercriminals found a way into their emails in September

Incident: Two Sydney women charged over $500,000 BEC scam | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 12, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), iTnews, Law & Legal, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Cyber Crime November 2019: Two Sydney women have been charged over their alleged involvement in a $500,000 business email compromise 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: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Aug 13, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Brisbane Times, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Retail, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 13 2018 Sage and Clare owner Phoebe Bell...

Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Brisbane Times, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Law & Legal, Queensland, Scam | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 17 2017 At least two Queensland law...

Incident: Email scammers steal almost $1 million from SA property buyers by posing as conveyancers | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 25, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Real Estate and Property Management, South Australia | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 25 2017 Property buyers are warned to...

Gone in 15 seconds: why faster bank transfers make Australia an even bigger target for email fraud | CSO

by Steven Kirby | Oct 24, 2017 | Australia, Awareness, Banking and Finance, CSO from IDG, Cybersecurity, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) | 0 |

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have become the most lucrative form of cybercrime for increasingly meticulous, strategic criminals – and forthcoming changes in Australian banking settlements will turn local businesses...

Incident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cyber Fraud, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Policing and Law Enforcement, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 11 2017 The Queensland Police...

Hundreds of businesses are being hit by this crafty cyber attack that’s more devastating than phishing scams | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Aug 29, 2017 | Australia, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email, Email Phishing, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Scam, SmartCompany | 0 |

New figures released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission have revealed a crafty type of cyber attack is on the rise in Australia. Source: Hundreds of businesses are being hit by this crafty cyber attack...

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Category: Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC)

Incident: Medicinal cannabis company Cann Group loses $3.6 million in “sophisticated” cyber attack | SmartCompany

Incident: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment | news.com.au

Incident: Two Sydney women charged over $500,000 BEC scam | iTnews

Incident: AusTender becomes latest bait for phishers | iTnews

Incident: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times

Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times

Incident: Email scammers steal almost $1 million from SA property buyers by posing as conveyancers | ABC News (Australia)

Gone in 15 seconds: why faster bank transfers make Australia an even bigger target for email fraud | CSO

Incident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN

Hundreds of businesses are being hit by this crafty cyber attack that’s more devastating than phishing scams | SmartCompany

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