Fake PayPal alerts want to trick you into confirming your account details
Scammers are impersonating PayPal with deceptive security alerts to harvest your financial and login credentials.
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Fake Microsoft and Google security alerts want to steal your business login credentials
Coordinated phishing attacks are using fake account security alerts to steal business login credentials.
Fake PayPal security alerts want to trick you into confirming your account details
Scammers are impersonating PayPal with highly realistic security alerts to steal your business login credentials.
Cyber crime losses in New Zealand have surged by 76 per cent.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its Q1 2026 insights report, highlighting a sharp increase in financial losses and significant cyber incidents.
Scammers are using fake customs fees to bait you into making a payment.
A highly effective phishing campaign impersonating customs authorities has been detected. Scammers use false notification of held packages to harvest your credit card details.
Fake new client wants you to assess an ‘IRD letter’.
A social engineering campaign targeting accounting firms has been detected. Scammers masquerade as new clients seeking professional guidance on a fictitious IRD letter.
Boring business enquiries want your credentials.
A highly generic phishing campaign masquerading as routine sales leads has been detected targeting local organisations.
American servers detected trying to break into your network.
Automated sign-in attacks originating from United States data centres have been detected targeting local logins.
Automated probes from Colombian networks are testing local logins.
Technical intelligence has identified a series of coordinated sign-in attacks originating from Colombia targeting local New Zealand organisations.
Russian botnets are looking for your weak passwords.
A coordinated credential-stuffing attempt from Russia has been detected targeting local organisation logins.
American agricultural dealer wants your Mercury bill paid.
A highly convincing phishing campaign impersonating Mercury has been detected targeting New Zealand organisations.
Scammers have found a ‘back door’ in your Windows browser.
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Edge is currently being exploited by attackers to target New Zealand organisations.
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