Finance

If you’re a small-business owner who suspects something is amiss with your payroll system, here are seven common red flags to keep an eye on.

There were 964 data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in the first year of mandatory reporting.

A food truck and van seller has allegedly scammed SMEs out of more than $70,000 after failing to supply them with trucks they had purchased.

A former business liquidator has been sentenced to seven year's jail time after he was found to have committed three counts of fraud.

The ACCC says scams increased last year, with small business emerging as the hardest hit corporate cohort, losing over $4.5 million.

ASIC has banned three financial advisers over the last week as it continues efforts to clean up Australia's financial services sector.

The ATO is warning taxpayers about an evolution of the popular spoofing scam from 2018, amid concern businesses are being tricked.

Single sign-on is an attempt to balance usability and security, but the Facebook hack reveals its limitations and vulnerabilities.

A Perth-based car dealership has suffered a $65,000 loss after falling victim to an invoice scam, despite best efforts to verify the invoice as legitimate.

The New Payments Platform will make payments instant and irreversible, which will benefit banks, consumers and fraudsters alike.

When it comes to scamming it’s the offenders and their actions we should be focusing on. How exactly do fraudsters get victims to do such outlandish things?

Cassandra Cross, Queensland University of Technology

Online credit card fraud is on the rise in Australia, but pointing the finger at any…