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From a global clothing brand to our biggest bank, companies that don’t follow the rules on sending marketing spam to Australians have faced hefty fines.
From AI slop to rage bait, to the cryptic ‘6-7,’ this year’s slate captures a growing sense that online life is flooded with fakery, frustration and meaninglessness.
Unfortunately, most of us are probably more hygienic in bathrooms than we are online.
Political parties are exempt from many of the regulations about spam and unsolicited marketing – and it’s unlikely to change.
Visually appealing and cheap to produce, AI-generated images allow scammers and spammers to post high volumes of engaging content − and Facebook’s algorithm may be promoting these posts.
One of the first ‘spam’ messages on record was sent in 1854.
Artificial intelligence is escalating the battle between spam senders and spam blockers. Recent advances could mean more convincing pitches to get you to click, buy and give up personal information.
Elon Musk’s focus on the number of bots on Twitter, whether genuine or a distraction, does little to address the problems of misinformation and spam. A pair of social media experts explain why.
Australians are being bombarded with ‘missed parcel’ SMS messages that aren’t as they seem…
Spamming in texts or by robo-calls may seem perverse, but it’s unlikely to disappear. Here are some things you can expect leading up to the May election, and why they’re allowed.
Scam emails and phone calls are on the rise as it becomes ever easier to orchestrate fraud from anywhere in the world. New research sheds light on what makes some of us more susceptible than others.
Cybercriminals increasingly depend on e-currencies to profit from their misdeeds. They, and their potential victims, could be driving some of the growth in cryptocurrency markets.
Cybercriminals are using cloud-based services, much like regular businesses. A new study reveals important lessons for the future of fighting cybercrime.
As rival football teams have been battling it out in this year’s World Cup, cyber criminals have had their eye on a different goal – to cash in on this global distraction at any opportunity. Among the…
Crimes of confidence, known as scams, are on the rise. You probably know the basics. The way the most common type of scam works involves you being presented with an offer, product or service for which…
Spam is everywhere. Its persistence is attributable to gullible internet users, to well-known software giants and, ultimately, to money. Unfortunately, spam is not going to be vanquished through use of…
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Director of Europol; Honorary Fellow, Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter
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Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University
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Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Information Systems, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Director of AMHR Lab, University of South Florida
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University