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Scammers can now use Google Gemini for phishing as pretend AI

Leonard Bernardone - July 19, 2025 3 MIN READ

A researcher has found Google’s Gemini for Workspace can be tooled to serve up phishing messages under the guise of AI-generated email summaries. Tech giant Google last year added the ability for its AI model Gemini to produce dot point summaries of email threads in Gmail, and later enabled the feature by default for Google Workspace users.… Read more »

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Cyber security

Scams are now costing Australians more than $3 billion a year

Cec Busby - April 17, 2023 3 MIN READ

Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to financial scammers in 2022. However, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) suggests the real figure is likely much higher, with an estimated 30% of scams going unreported. The findings come from the watchdog’s Targeting Scams report, which combines data from Scamwatch, ReportCyber, the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange… Read more »