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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$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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I thought that I would update on how cyber actors (in this case SVR cyber actors) are adapting their tactics as governments and businesses adapt the move to cloud infrastructure. This update focuses on the recent tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) of the group commonly known as APT29, also known as Midnight Blizzard, the Dukes
