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CEO Spam Comes to Australia

Australian companies have recently begun experiencing CEO spam attacks, according to security firm Proofpoint. The spam messages, which have been growing in the US over the past year, takes place when spammers pretend to be an executive of the company and send an internal employee an email to make a wire transfer. Accounting employees are often targeted in these scams, which have proven to be successful for scammers.

Read the whole story at The Australian Business Review »

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