SecureSphere is pleased to announce we have been featured in the Rangitikei District Monitor newspaper (which covers the vast Rangitikei District). A copy of the article can be found on Page 5 at: Rangitikei District Monitor – 25th April 2024 SecureSphere wishes to thank the Rangitikei District Monitor for working with us and being a
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Google has released 2x security updates for Google Chrome that patch highly-severity vulnerabilities. The first of these warnings impacts Chrome’s desktop users—on Windows and Mac. Google has just confirmed a security update that includes at least three high-severity fixes for vulnerabilities of the kind that have been exploited in the past. Two of the three vulnerabilities relate
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A password manager is a technology tool that helps users create, save, manage and use passwords across different online services. In a business environment, password managers can allow teams access to share login details for systems where individual logins are not possible. The most common way to authenticate to a system is by providing a
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At SecureSphere, we have been asked what CVSS is and what the score of 0 – 10 means. So, we thought this might help answer some of those questions. CVSS stands for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System. It\’s a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way. The goal of
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A couple of days ago, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) released its latest semi-annual report and for the first time included cybersecurity risk. The report included some interesting and at the same time alarming statistics including:\”Cyber-related incidents have become much more frequent over the past two decades, and especially since 2020. In particular, the number of
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Earlier this week it was announced that DIA had busted a text scam ring operating across New Zealand. DIA released that they had carried out 12 search warrants across the country during 2023 with 4000 items seized consisting of $35,000 in SIM Cards, about $10,000 in luxury items, a designer handbag and skincare products along
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) recently released some interesting statistics and findings in their inaugural Singapore Cybersecurity Health Report. The biggest item that come out of the report is that \”Many respondents cited a lack of knowledge of cyber security, as well as concerns about costs and whether they would even be a
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FortiNet have released the following about a CRITICAL Severity issue for FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portal. This issue has a CVSSv3 Score of 9.3. Summary An out-of-bounds write vulnerability [CWE-787] and a Stack-based Buffer Overflow [CWE-121] in FortiOS & FortiProxy captive portal may allow an inside attacker who has access to captive portal to execute
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$3.6 million reported in losses to Cyber Security Incidents in 4th Quarter (October to December) 2023 in New Zealand. The CERT NZ Cyber Security Insights report for 4rd Quarter 2023 makes for better reading than the 3rd Quarter 2023 but not by much, but at least the numbers were down from the previous quarter. Some
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In January this year, an alarm was raised by Microsoft Security that Russian State-Sponsored cyber-attackers (Russian-linked criminal group Midnight Blizzard (also known as Nobelium) along with other names) had breached a number of systems and email accounts. Since then, SecureSphere has been continuing to follow the unfolding story with interest. It has now come to
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