by Andrew Hunt | Oct 2, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
This is a real and very clever ‘spear-phishing’ attempt that one of our legal clients in Auckland received today. Would you have opened it? Would your IT have protected you? To: Me From : new customer Hello, My Husband and I are looking to buy a property...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 29, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
News that an elderly woman was tricked out of $100,000 over Facebook won’t be a surprise to regular readers. She was fooled into thinking she was talking to a friend, and then sending money to access some make-believe Covid fund. AI makes it easy to speak in...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 29, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
The Coalition Insurance “2023 Cyber Claims Report: Mid-year Update” highlights the changing nature of the cyber threat landscape that businesses are currently facing, with a record surge in claims severity compared to the previous year. This is US data...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 20, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security, Webinar Recording
What does it mean If your personal details are leaked on the darkweb? Learn how you can manage your risks. The darkweb is a network of websites and servers that are not indexed by traditional search engines and require special software to access. It’s a place...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 8, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
The rise of AI phone scams has brought personal targeting to a whole new level. Scammers are using AI-created fake texts (smishing) or even AI -created cloned voices of social media users. It has already found its way to New Zealand shores – New AI combats...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 7, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
2008 was a long time ago. New Zealand was a different place. The IT maintenance needs of business were so much simpler! Locally, there was a change of government. Internationally, we were watching the start of the GFC with the fall of Lehman Bros bank. In the...
