New Zealand joined a handful of Nordic countries and the Czech Republic in being among the nations hardest hit by financial scams in the three months to June 30. That’s according to cybersecurity company Gen, which has well-known security softwaRE brands like Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG in its stable.

Cybersecurity group Netsafe is calling on a more cohesive, multi-agency approach across government to deal with fraud and cybercrime which is more likely to go unreported than other types of crime.

Telecommunications provider Spark will next month launch a SMS “scam firewall” for its mobile customers which will automatically detect known fraudulent text message content