by Andrew Hunt | Dec 22, 2025 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Yet another IT acronym: “DMARC” DMARC stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance. It’s an email authentication protocol that helps protect your domain from being used in email spoofing, phishing attacks, and...
by Andrew Hunt | Dec 16, 2025 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Protecting Yourself from Cyber Threats While on Holiday We’re more vulnerable than normal to hackers at this time of year. Unfortunately, the hackers know it and tend to be more aggressive. In the rush up to Christmas, there’s normally so much to do that...
by Andrew Hunt | Dec 15, 2025 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Important Update for KARE Foundation Subscribers If you’ve noticed your Microsoft Secure Score percentage decreasing recently, don’t be alarmed. Your security hasn’t weakened. In fact, Microsoft is making significant enhancements that will...
by Andrew Hunt | Nov 8, 2025 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Why This Brief Matters A cybercriminal only has to be lucky once. You have to be lucky every minute of every day. That remains the stark reality for kiwi businesses in Q4 2025. This isn’t another dry technical report filled with acronyms and alerts. Kinetics has...
by Andrew Hunt | Oct 2, 2025 | AI, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
For years, we’ve told businesses to watch for telltale phishing signs: poor grammar, suspicious sender addresses, generic greetings. But what happens when cybercriminals have access to the same sophisticated AI tools your marketing team uses—except weaponised...
by Andrew Hunt | Aug 29, 2025 | AI, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Unveiling a dark future: The First AI-Powered Ransomware In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at ESET have uncovered what they believe to be the first known AI-powered ransomware strain, aptly named PromptLock. This sophisticated malware is not just a step...
