A Centuries Old Crime, Digitally Enhanced

Scams aimed at manipulating individuals for fraudulent purposes have been occurring for centuries, but this deception has now well and truly moved into the digital world. Social engineering, in the context of information security, refers to psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information for the purpose of a broad spectrum of…

Underpaying employees… what’s going wrong?

We’ve all heard of the $7.8M underpayment scandal which recently engulfed celebrity chef George Colombaris, but is this just a symptom of the sheer complexity of workplace laws in Australia? After all, big organisations with dedicated HR departments are getting it wrong, so what chance does SMEs have of complying? Just to name a few,…