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Are your legacy IT systems giving hackers a backdoor into your business?

Are your legacy IT systems giving hackers a backdoor into your business?

by Andrew Hunt | Feb 26, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

One of our engineers was working on migrating a customer from a legacy email server into Office 365 after we discovered they were under a brute force external attack. The migration required that we receive the users passwords.  These would, of course, be reset after...
Service Alert

Service Alert

by Andrew Hunt | Feb 9, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

We’re experiencing an extra heavy call volume today and it’s proving challenging to respond as quickly as normal.  It’s been brought on by an apparent Microsoft change resulting in unexpected Windows 11 upgrades.  These are happening to a number of...
Breaking news: New protections added to Kinetics KARE Foundation

Breaking news: New protections added to Kinetics KARE Foundation

by Andrew Hunt | Dec 20, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

We have big news for Kinetics customers on our “KARE Foundation” cyber plan. We’ve added new Browser Cyber-Protection  We’ve found an amazing new security tool called ‘Conceal’ that provides even more added protection. Cyber-security is all about layers...
Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing

by Andrew Hunt | Nov 24, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

Penetration testing is important for businesses because it helps them identify and fix security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by attackers. It can be a significant job as it needs a team of security professionals to simulate a real-world cyberattack....
What would you do?

What would you do?

by Andrew Hunt | Nov 24, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

Imagine – you are busily going about your day when suddenly your meeting is interrupted.  “No one can access their files!!!” or “We just accidently paid $50,000 to a fraudulent account and we can’t get it reversed!!!” or something similar. What would you do? Where...
Security Updates

Security Updates

by Andrew Hunt | Nov 24, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

We need to make some security changes. These are in accordance with the continued work by Microsoft to protect 365 users.  This will keep your configuration current with their latest advisories but may have some (limited) impact on your IT experience.  It is all about...
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