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Those scamming so and so’s

Those scamming so and so’s

by Andrew Hunt | Oct 2, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

In September, Kinetics held a lunchtime IT security event focused around a presentation by our CTO Bill Lunam. After taking us though an abridged history of the internet, and an update on the current status of Internet crime,  Bill explained some specific’s around the...
Microsoft Update – Backup Authenticator (Two-factor authentication tool) and Window 10 1909 ?

Microsoft Update – Backup Authenticator (Two-factor authentication tool) and Window 10 1909 ?

by Andrew Hunt | Sep 29, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Firstly, unless you just delete our emails, or ignore what we (and every other tech professional) have been saying, you should now be using 2FA (two factor authentication) on pretty much everything, especially your Office365. The downside is that you don’t want to...
Bigger than Texas?

Bigger than Texas?

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 22, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Its easy to think of security as something that’s only for larger organisations. They can afford the fancy systems that lock down networks, wireless connections and endpoint PCs & mobile devices. After all, aren’t they the only organisations that hackers...

Compare two (near) identical Word files, without going insane

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 17, 2019 | TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

Of course, in a modern cloud world, this shouldn’t happen! We should share a link to a file and use versions to maintain it’s history.  But we’re not in a perfect work, and we often get multiple people updating copies of the same file.  Its all good until we have to...
Scamming your payroll

Scamming your payroll

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 17, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Keep an eye on your payroll! We’re hearing about a bold new scam in the US, but it’s bound to come to our shores soon.  It’s probably more likely to be effective in larger businesses or ones with an outsourced payroll. Essentially, the scammers try...
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