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What’s in an Antivirus? ( or, when is ‘free’ the most expensive option?)

What’s in an Antivirus? ( or, when is ‘free’ the most expensive option?)

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 3, 2018 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

  It is not uncommon for us to be asked why a business needs to purchase antivirus when Windows 10 already includes antivirus. It’s true – Windows comes with a ‘free’ antivirus – Windows Defender is free with Windows and has been for...
Sneaky devils – how insecure email led to a $150K loss

Sneaky devils – how insecure email led to a $150K loss

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 3, 2018 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Recently I was lucky enough to spend some time with a group of my Ozzie peers.  One of the things we did was share problems and solutions. During those discussions, I heard of the following hack. [header2 text=”This is not a made-up story.  It is true and I know...
Keeping up with One Note

Keeping up with One Note

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 3, 2018 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

I reckon that OneNote’s being used by about a third of the people I see in meetings.  And that means that about two-thirds of people are missing out! I’ve been a big OneNote fan for ages because OneNote conquered my personal chaos of unstructured notes and...
Beware (again) – The Phishermen are after you.

Beware (again) – The Phishermen are after you.

by Andrew Hunt | Mar 30, 2018 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

The deluge of clever phishing emails continues. This one caught our eye, because it looks so authentic.  Given that we look after Office 365 for this customer, it left us wondering how we’d have missed ‘verifying’ their account.  Well, only a for a...
Sneaky devils – how insecure email led to a $150K loss

FAKE Microsoft 365 Renewal

by Andrew Hunt | Feb 15, 2018 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Another day, another scam.  One of our clients forwarded this little number to us today You can see that the link to ‘microsoft’ is spelt wrong, with one letter missing.  If you are busy, you might miss it, and by telling you your email access is about to...
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