by Andrew Hunt | Aug 7, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
“GROUP-IB” are a Singapore-based cyber-security provider. They go deep into the cyber-crime sphere and it’s paid off. After 30+ attacks, and over $US30M stolen, “OPERA1ER” have been caught! They describe a bad actor who, from 2019, had...
by Andrew Hunt | Aug 7, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
The latest trend in phishing is pictures! It might be a thumb nail of a picture – a cute pet, interesting garden scene, or some other curiosity. It might be in the form of advertisement. Maybe it is offering a time sensitive, and urgent deal. It might even...
by Andrew Hunt | Jul 19, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
What can we learn from recent NZ cyber-events? What is real and what is hyperbole? Scroll down for the MFA revelation – it will surprise you! Introducing Campbell McKenzie from Incident Response, the team called in after cyber-events to help clean up and manage...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 21, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Did you know that, on average, 1.2 million Microsoft accounts get compromised every month? According to Microsoft, 99.9% of hacked accounts didn’t use MFA, and only 11% of all accounts have MFA enabled. The average cost of a ransomware security breach is...
by Andrew Hunt | May 31, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
The world is changing. Your company’s cyber security is increasingly under threat and the costs of mitigation are often unwelcome. The first question organisations need to ask is whether they are exposed, and to what level. All the available data from sources...
by Andrew Hunt | May 29, 2023 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
“A cybercriminal only has to be lucky once, while a defender has to be lucky every minute of every day.” – Combating Ransomware – A Comprehensive Framework for Action: Key Recommendations from the Ransomware Task Force. The message we hear from...
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