Telstra is fighting back against the rise of scam texts by blocking them at the network level. According to a blog post authored by CEO Andy Penn, the scam filter – part of Telstra’s 'cleaner pipes' ...

Malicious scams targeting vulnerable Australians are on the rise – but so too are the efforts to block them from your phones. The Australian Communication and Media Authority’s quarterly report out on ...

Westpac has implemented new automatic transaction safety measures to help stop its customers falling for online scams. Following a successful trial launched last year, the national bank will now ...

Telecommunications company Telstra claims to have blocked around 332 million incoming scam and potentially unwanted emails to Bigpond customers—over a third (38%) of all inbound email to Bigpond ...

Scam calls are the worst. At best they interrupt you and at worst they can trick people into giving away their information or money. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ...

In a major move to tackle the rising cases of cyber fraud in India, the government has directed WhatsApp to introduce stricter security measures. The action comes in response to the growing threat of ...

Westpac hopes the venture, which it says will protect customers from some cryptocurrency payments, will reduce “devastating” losses from scams. Investment scams currently account for about half of all ...