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Would you click on either of these?

Would you click on either of these?

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

You are most vulnerable when you are busy, frantically jumping from call to call, meeting to meeting, distraction to distraction.   So when you get a dodgy email,  it’s very easy to open it. This morning, that was me!   And, even as hyper-aware as I am, I still...
Is your phone one of the 25M infected Android phones?

Is your phone one of the 25M infected Android phones?

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 14, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Watch your phone! Agent Smith is the name of the somewhat dry villain character in the Matrix movie trilogy from the late 90’s.  He appears everywhere, instantly, taking over legitimate personas and replacing them with himself. So is a well-named virus (actually...
Why old versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL are putting you at risk

Why old versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL are putting you at risk

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 5, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Modernise your infrastructure and future-proof your technology   Prepare for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 end of support With the end of support for Windows Server 2008 fast approaching, and SQL Server 2008 recently expired, now is the time to start...
Why you should care about BlueKeep

Why you should care about BlueKeep

by Andrew Hunt | Jul 11, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Regular readers will know that we are fanatical about updates and patches for all critical software.  The world is more connected and the cyber-crime community is more organised and determined than ever. If you think cyber-criminals are teenage kids working from home,...

9 Common Excel Mistakes

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 30, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

We were reminded of the risks of messing up spreadsheets in a recent blog post at Oracle: The scary fact they quote is that 88% of all spreadsheets are wrong! The consequences of relying on bad information as a result can be insane! That reminded me of a couple of...
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