by Andrew Hunt | Sep 30, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Over the last month, we’d heard about this happening in the US and now it seems to be happening in NZ as well. Cyber insurers are working hard to mitigate their risk and that includes stepping up their testing of their clients. Right now, that appears to be more...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 12, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Free public WiFi can be tempting. Whether it is in cafe, an airport or a shopping centre, free Wi-Fi is very tempting. Who wouldn’t want faster data, without the cost. But, as with anything that is free, be very careful! It is very easy to become a victim of something...
by Andrew Hunt | Jul 29, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
!Right now, there’s a crypto-locked server in the lab in our Kinetics Auckland Office. It’s not from one of our clients, but a business that’s come to us, after the event, asking for help. We are busy rebuilding it and restoring the data and configuration to the...
by Andrew Hunt | Jul 14, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Given the scale of cyber-attacks, we aren’t surprised to be hearing reports of insurers applying a “duty of care” test before agreeing to pay out. Despite sending chills up your spine, when you consider this, it makes sense as Insurers do the same thing to...
by Andrew Hunt | Jul 6, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
An actively exploited high severity “zero day” cyber-security exploit has been found in the Google Chrome web browser. With over 3 billion users it will take some time for the update roll out to everyone. Meanwhile, everyone who uses Chrome on their PC...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 15, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
There are no silver bullets. No one can guarantee you won’t be hacked, but we can make it harder. We can reduce your cyber-risk by taking reasonable steps to make it harder to hack you. The key is to have layers of security, and to keep reviewing the technology in use...
