by Andrew Hunt | Jul 9, 2025 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Device code phishing is a sneaky new way hackers are stealing people’s online accounts. In device code phishing, threat actors exploit the device code authentication flow to capture authentication tokens, which they then use to access target accounts, and...
by Andrew Hunt | Jul 3, 2025 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
Microsoft have announced some changes that will impact nearly everyone. Some of these remain fluid and we will update you as soon as we know more. Microsoft Teams Unbundling Update In response to a European Commission antitrust case initiated by Slack in 2020,...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 29, 2025 | AI, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
AI wants to stay ‘on’. Hot on the heels of Anthropic’s blackmail experiment, OpenAi had a similar problem. Researchers have observed that their newest model, o3, does not consistently follow commands, particularly in relation to shutting down. In a...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 28, 2025 | AI, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
AI attempts blackmail to avoid being turned off. During pre-release testing in May 2025, Anthropic (maker of claude.ai) conducted extensive safety evaluations using controlled scenarios to test the model’s behaviour under extreme conditions. The company...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 27, 2025 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
New Zealand is experiencing a remarkable transformation in 2025, with artificial intelligence driving unprecedented productivity gains across diverse industries. According to recent surveys, 82% of New Zealand organisations now use AI in some capacity, representing a...
