Reports of cybercrime in Australia are on the rise.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual Targeting Scams report shows a 47 per cent increase in reporting of scams in 2016, with Aussies losing $300 million dollars.
And almost half of those reporting cybercrimes are people aged over 55 years old.
With cybercrime activities costing Australia more and more, it has become a government agenda to raise awareness and protect its community.
Interpol identifies two kinds of cybercrime, firstly 'advanced' which are attacks against computer hardware and software.
Secondly 'cyber-enabled' crime in which traditional crimes such as fraud, crimes against children and terrorism are transformed with the internet.
Richard Davies, Technical Director in the Asia Pacific region at Context, Information, Security, says one of the trending cybercrimes is social engineering - a psychological manipulation.
Mr. Davies says even straight forward hard luck stories can easily fool people.
