Anatomy of a Scam

In the age of AI, scammers are now equipped with a new arsenal for exploitation - and we need similarly new defences to match. This raises a pressing question: Are we caught in a relentless, technological arms race against scams? Or is the most effective tool for fighting scams an organic one? Featuring: Kevin Gosschalk - Founder and CEO, Arkose Labs Professor Dali Kaafar - Executive Director of the Cyber Security Hub, School of Computing, Macquarie University Victor Dominello - Co-Founder ServiceGen, former NSW Digital Government Minister Brendan Goode - Chief Security Officer, Commonwealth Bank Hosted by Deb Knight and Trevor Long, Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you encounter a scam, chances are it's a phishing scam - but what are the odds you'll fall for it? What variables factor into the outcome? And how does technology potentially stack the odds in favour of the scammer? Featuring: Nina Professor Ofir Turel - Professor Information Systems Management, University of Melbourne Bec Warren - Executive General Manager, Small Business Banking, CommBank Hosted by Deb Knight and Trevor Long, Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the age of AI, looks can be deceiving. Deepfake technology is increasingly being used to create sophisticated, hard-to-detect scams and frauds. So how can we unmask these digital deceptions before we get in too deep? Featuring: Richard 'Dickie' Wilkins - Nine's Entertainment Editor Adam Donnelley - leading Digital Strategist & AI expert Dr Kate Gould - Clinical Neuropsychology, Monash University & Founder of Cyberability Hosted by Deb Knight and Trevor Long, Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our fight against scams, we started to heed the warnings and spot the signs – the message was sinking in. But then we woke up one day in the AI era and the traditional signs of a scam are more scam-ouflaged than ever before. It's hard to spot the signs if you can't trust that what you're seeing is real. In this new season of Anatomy of a Scam, hosts Deb Knight and Trevor Long examine how crooks have taken the traditional scam playbook and turbocharged it with AI, the powerful new technology redefining our digital lives. Note-perfect voice clones, eerily accurate deep fake videos, and dodgy emails written in perfect English: the art of deception is alive and well - and no longer human. Anatomy of a Scam returns on Tuesday, November 28th. Hosted by Deborah Knight & Trevor Long, Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After finding the love of her life online, Sharon Armstrong was sure she was headed for her ‘happily ever after.’ Instead, she spent two years in prison. She fell for the wrong guy, believed the wrong stories… And uncovering the psychological tactics used against her, along with those used in many other scams, shows that nobody is immune. Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features: Sharon Armstrong Monica Whitty - Professor of Human Factors in Cyber Security at Monash University David Lacey - Managing Director, IDCARE Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you are hit with a ransom attack, should you pay the ransom? The short answer is “No”, but the longer answer is “it’s a little more complicated than that…” Warwick Levy runs the independent fashion brand Lonely Kids Club, and when hackers hijacked the brand’s Instagram account, they also took control of its key e-commerce channel. Warwick was told he can have it back “if he did this one thing…” but the ransom demanded was a textbook case of damned if you do, damned if you don’t… Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features: Warwick Levy - Lonely Kids Club Assistant Commissioner Chris Goldsmid - AFP Cyber Operations Commander Nick Klein - Executive Director - Digital Forensics & Incident Response - CyberCX David Lacey - Managing Director, IDCARE Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the wake of the GFC, architect Tony Camilleri hoped to rebuild his battered retirement portfolio and was open to investment opportunities. And then his phone rang. A cold call. A confident pitch from a charming stock broker. The kind of call that embodies the adage ‘if it’s too good to be true, well…’ Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features: Tony Camilleri IFW Global Executive Chairman, Ken Gamble CommBank’s General Manager of Group Fraud, James Roberts NSW Police Force Cybercrime Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Matthew Craft Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject. Disclaimer: This podcast makes no suggestion that any investment organisation using the name Alexander Capital Management is not legitimate. This is a case where a scam operator appears to have falsely used a name that is similar to existing wealth management firms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Australia, a cyber breach is reported roughly every eight minutes. Often these attacks involve the theft of data prized by scammers: our private, personal information. As a result, scams are rising in frequency and sophistication, fuelled by stolen personal data, and tailored to the intended victim. Understanding how your data can be used against you might help you spot a scam in the wild… Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features: Detective Superintendent Matt Craft - NSW Police Cybercrime Squad Commander Katherine Manstead - Director of Cyber Intelligence, CyberCX Troy Hunt - Microsoft VP and founder of HaveIBeenPwned.com Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.