“Hi. I’m <insert name> from Microsoft. We have detected that you have <insert problem> with your PC”. This is the start of a classic scam that has been doing the rounds for many years and is continuing to claim victims. Scams come in many different types from the classic “support call” above to dating or
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A.I…..it seems to be everywhere; everyone seems to be talking about it. What is itand how can it help you in your business or at home? A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), is computer software that mimics how humans think, it’sable to perform tasks such as reasoning, learning, and analysing information. Anincredibly powerful tool. You’ve possibly heard of
“Your data is in the Cloud”. What! What’s the Cloud and where are my business or personal data files? John Savill, Chief Architect at Microsoft, defines Cloud computing as “using someone else’s computer.” Although this definition seems simplistic, it makes Cloud computing easy for us to understand. So how is Cloud computing going to
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$6.6 million reported in losses to Cyber Security Incidents in 1st Quarter (January to March) 2023 in New Zealand. Current losses reported to CERT NZ over the last 2 years (24 months – 8 Quarters) come to $41.1m. The CERT NZ Cyber Security Insights report for 1st Quarter 2024 makes for worse reading than the
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Many businesses run some form of OT (Operational Technology) / SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), especially if they are in the manufacturing or food industries. This could be something simple like controlling the speed of a conveyor belt or something much more complex like managing an entire water distribution plant or a waste management
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In the last few days, Google has released a new emergency security update to patch another actively exploited zero-day bug in its Chrome Web Browser. This bug can be tracked under: CVE-2024-5274. This release makes the 3rd emergency zero-day release this month. These releases (for May 2024) are:CVE-2024-4671: a use-after-free issue that resides in the
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SecureSphere had been hearing rumors for the last month or so, that phone scammers have been posing as New Zealand Police Officers. Until now, we haven\’t been able to confirm it, but were able to confirm it when told by a customer. Also, we were given a copy of an email scam claiming to be
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Overnight a number of warnings have gone out to the Security Community about a new CRITICAL security flaw in Android. The new flaw is named \”Dirty Stream\” and allows malicious apps to easily hijack legitimate apps. Currently there is very little protection from this flaw until Google releases a security patch and app developers release
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Back in late 2023 (October / November) when SecureSphere was started, it was started with 4 key tenets: As we have built the business, these are the 4 main things that guide us in all decisions we make. Do we get it right all day, every day and in every customer interaction? We are quite
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Printers (of all makes, models and types), are either loved or hated in generally equal measures with very little middle ground. However, printers are the forgotten hole in the vast majority of Cybersecurity plans as most people and/or organisations just think of them as printing stuff, scanning stuff or very old school – faxing stuff.
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