Spyware isn’t just the scary malware you hear about in what feels like semi-daily headlines. In fact, it’s already on your phone—often disguised inside everyday apps. Instead of stealing files, most spyware quietly abuses the permissions you grant. It may track your location, or even tap into your camera and microphone, sending that data back […]
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Last week was National Cyber Smart week, and this year’s theme was “Own Your Online”. Cyber-crime today is more sophisticated than ever before. In the last six months, 54% of New Zealanders have experienced an online threat with over $1000 lost on average per incident. Following on from Cyber Smart last week we’re sharing some
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If you have an Android device, Google announced at their I/O Conference in May 2025, new security and privacy features for Android which are being released as part of Android 16. These new security and privacy features have already been released to phone manufacturers, and for those with a compatible Android device the new features
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On May 14th (2025), the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (part of the Government Communications Security Bureau – GCSB) released the results of their annual survey which is conducted by The Research Agency (TRA). The annual survey analyses and tracks New Zealanders’ cyber security knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour. The results made for both good
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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
Google fixes 8th Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day this year. The 3rd this month. Read More »
