Australian Stories

Australian skincare founder hit by chargeback scams

Sydney skincare founder says chargeback scams have stripped tens of thousands from her AUD $500,000-a-year brand as fraud pressure builds.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Last month

Email Security

AUSTRAC flags foreign banks over weak money laundering

Foreign banks in Australia face pressure to tighten anti-money laundering checks after AUSTRAC found weak reporting, blind spots and money mule exposure.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

EduTech

Universities process thousands of placement payments

Australian universities use TechnologyOne platform to process thousands of Commonwealth Prac Payments as Victoria University pays out $1.5 million.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

TechnologyOne launches InvoiceIQ to curb council fraud

TechnologyOne adds fraud-detection tools to council finance systems, aiming to spot suspicious supplier changes and invoice manipulation before payments go out.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month

Phishing

Employees outspot managers in CommBank scam research

CommBank research finds staff are more likely than managers to spot workplace scams, as email-based payment redirection fraud keeps hitting Australian firms.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Data Protection

KnowBe4 launches Agent Risk Manager for AI agent security

KnowBe4 unveils Agent Risk Manager to monitor autonomous AI agents in real time, flag prompt injections and curb rogue data access.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Trusted data is the backbone of digital healthcare

Patient data quality becomes a crucial trust test as AI, telehealth and interoperability reshape digital healthcare.

By Bud Walker • 5 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Booking.com warns some customers of possible data exposure

Booking.com tells some customers to watch for phishing after suspicious activity exposed reservation details, contact data and messages linked to bookings.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

Oracle adds Lucinity AI investigation tools for banks

Oracle expands its financial crime platform with Lucinity's AI investigation tools, aiming to cut compliance workloads for banks and regulated firms.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month

Firewalls

Blackpepper deploys Fastly WAF to protect eCommerce

Blackpepper turns to Fastly's Next-Gen WAF as online retail traffic surges and attack threats rise across its AWS-driven eCommerce sites.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Gaming

G2A partners with epay on gaming gift cards marketplace

G2A teams up with epay to broaden its marketplace with hundreds of gaming and entertainment gift cards as demand for prepaid digital spending grows.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Fintech

Persistent launches merchant fraud tool on Databricks

Persistent and Databricks launch Merchant Risk Management and Fraud Detection solution for banks and payment providers facing rising digital payment fraud.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month