Most people wouldn't think of the cheap streaming box plugged into the back of the TV as a cyber risk. But, thanks to new research from Anthropic on AI worms and smart devices, it seems that we should. On 12 October, two researchers from Anthropic's Frontier Red...
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Four Highly Significant Cyber Incidents in One Year: Inside the NCSC’s 2026 Threat Report
The National Cyber Security Centre published its Cyber Threat Report 2026 on 24 September. It covers the year from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. The headline figure is sobering. The NCSC classified four incidents as C2, or "highly significant", during the year. That is...
Deleted, Overwritten or Encrypted: Four Ways to Get Your Files Back in Microsoft 365
Everyone has had the sinking feeling. A spreadsheet or a Word document that gets saved over the top of a previous one you were using as a model. We had a client los work recently when a folder got dragged into the bin by mistake. Or there 's the time when a...
When AI Agents Go Off-Script: What the Medicare and Philadelphia Incidents Tell Us
Two AI stories in recent weeks have made people sit up. In Australia, the Prime Minister revealed that an OpenAI agent had broken into a Medicare data portal. Then this week, Philadelphia police said an Anthropic AI model had sent them a made-up tip about an unsolved...
Easy, everyday AI productivity tips
What We've Learned After Hundreds of AI Conversations Practical Copilot Prompts Any Business Can Use For the past couple of years, we've been using Microsoft Copilot across our business for everything from sales and marketing through to opeations,...
Why Are Some Security Tools Flagging DocuSign Links?
Don't worry if you've recently noticed DocuSign emails being flagged as "medium risk" by email security platform. It is happening to most of us. DocuSign itself has not become unsafe, but it is representative of a growing trend where cybercriminals are abusing...
Cyber Attacks Are Rising for New Zealand’s Mid-Sized Businesses. (Government report – September 2026)
September 2026: National Cyber Security Centre: Businesses response Needs to Go Beyond Technology The latest cyber security research from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) paints an interesting picture of how risk is changing for New Zealand businesses....
Fighting back against Phishing. Coming soon.
A New Way to Help Keep Our Business Secure Cybersecurity isn't just about technology. It's about people making good decisions every day. That's why we're introducing a Phishing Report Button in Outlook. This is available for all KARE Foundation clients, making...
Webinar Replay: Your Staff Are Already Using AI. Now What?
Webinar - Your Staff Are Already Using AI. Now What The AI journey has already begun in most organisations, whether leadership planned for it or not. Employees are experimenting with AI tools, productivity gains are emerging, and new risks around data, governance, and...
Protect Sensitive Information Before It Is Shared, Exposed or Surfaced by AI
Organisations create and store sensitive information every day, including client records, contracts, financial data, employee information, legal advice and commercially confidential material. Protecting this information is no longer only about stopping someone outside...









