Townsville police fear reputational damage after person loses $10k to scammer impersonating officers – 17 October 2020

by admin | Oct 17, 2020 | News & Analysis

Townsville police are warning residents about scammers impersonating the ATO and local officers. People are threatened with being arrested if they don’t hand over money, for what are ‘fake’ debts....

Being monitored by your boss while working from home – necessary trade-off or ‘stupid’ surveillance? – 16 October 2020

by admin | Oct 16, 2020 | News & Analysis

With many people working from home, some companies are using time tracking software or surveillance technology to check in on what workers are doing. This runs the risks that other personal information is gathered and this type of surveillance does not show the entire...

WA Labor accused of cover-up over botched Huawei contract, but reveals details of ‘closed tender’ – 16 October 2020

by admin | Oct 16, 2020 | News & Analysis

WA Labor has been accused of a cover-up after budget papers revealed it would go to a “closed tender” to fix a failed $206 million contract with controversial Chinese telco Huawei, to build a mobile data network for Perth’s public train system....

Powerful investor group calls for Crown directors to ‘reconsider’ their roles – 15 October 2020

by admin | Oct 15, 2020 | News & Analysis

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has blasted the board of Crown Resorts and is calling on directors to consider resigning following damaging revelations about their independence and oversight of the casino giant....

Australian banks lagging on fraud prevention – 15 October 2020

by admin | Oct 15, 2020 | News & Analysis

Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic means financial institutions need to be even more proactive in protecting fraud, Australian financial institutions are lagging behind and are slow to adopt emerging technologies....