Glossary

It is a trick to steal your information by pretending to be a message from someone you trust.

It is just like phishing except they use a text message to steal your information by pretending to be a text from someone you trust.

Scammers use phone call or voice message to get you to sensitive or financial information

Malicious software installed on your device to steal data.
Malware is a general term.

Manipulating people into giving up confidential information.

Combining real and fake information to create a new, fake identity.

Also known as the pig butchery scam, this is romance fraud combined with investment fraud.

Where a person gains your trust over weeks or months, then requests you help them pay a small bill, the bills get bigger, the requests more bold.

Malicious software that locks your files until a ransom is paid.

Fake warnings claiming your device is infected to sell unnecessary software.

Masking caller ID or email addresses to look like a trusted source. Trickery.

​Software that steals data about your online activities.

Government agencies or state-sponsored groups that conduct surveillance, espionage, and cyber operations to advance a country's strategic goals.

Targeting high profile executives such as CEO's & CFO's to authorise large money transfers or take deep level corporate data.

Redirecting internet traffic from a real website to a fake site by tampering with DNS settings or or sever code.

Embedding malicious links or malware downloads inside quick response codes (QR codes)