by Andrew Hunt | Dec 13, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Mainstream media is abuzz with the latest software vulnerability. It is in a commonly used component called Log4J 2. This component is in widespread use and the risk is real. This is a fast paced and quickly changing alert. At the time of writing, the immediate...
by Andrew Hunt | Dec 6, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
The answer : Having to pay it twice – (or even more). Your Cyber-Security is under more pressure than ever. According to Infosecurity magazine, “double” extortion ransomware victims are up a massive 935% – thats a ten-fold increase...
by Andrew Hunt | Nov 30, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Whatever it takes to draw your attention to Cyber Security is worth it. Just because we take time off at Christmas doesn’t mean the hackers do. They have taken a lot of heart from the way we have all embraced home-delivery for our shopping and are doubling down...
by Andrew Hunt | Nov 26, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Straight out of the movies We are all used to the idea of using our fingerprints to log into our cell phones and, for some of us, our laptops. We’ve been told fingerprints are secure, and effective for ‘biometric authentication’ In the movies, we see finger prints...
by Andrew Hunt | Nov 24, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
What is vishing? Vishing is scamming via phone calls, effectively “phishing” by voice, hence the name, Voice phishing – Wikipedia Unfortunately, like many other cyber-attacks, incidents are on the rise. Because the damage is done over a phone...
by Andrew Hunt | Nov 3, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
If you do business in China, you need to know about the “PIPL” It’s the Chinese equivalent of the GDPR from the EU – and your responsibility to protect the data privacy of the Chinese. The law came into being relatively quickly and has already taken effect as at...
