by Andrew Hunt | Jul 4, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
The Risk Is Real. Over the weekend, thousands of businesses were caught up in a global cyber-attack that is being blamed on a Russian hacker group called Revil. It is disappointing when geo-politics impacts everyday business, and the reports talk about President Biden...
by Andrew Hunt | Jul 1, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
We don’t negotiate with terrorists Recently, we asked the question if organisations should pay ransomware demands. There is a balance between desperation and the uneasy knowledge that you might be funding further criminal attacks on the community. We’ve just...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 24, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Just because it seems safe, doesn’t mean it is. On some emails, you might see a warning that marks them as being ‘external’. This gets added as the email comes into your organisation. The idea is a simple one – if you see an email marked as external, then you...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 22, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Your own personalised stalker It always seemed slightly creepy that your computer shows advertising that is strangely accurately targeted at things you might have been interested in. On the surface, that seems quite useful. If you have to tolerate ads on your...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 21, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
In the old days (ie last year!!), a dodgy email had a whiff to it – there was something that triggered your subconscious. That’s because some phishing emails were really badly written with terrible English. But others just had a sniff about them- something that made...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 17, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Legal Firms, 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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