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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When we think of cybersecurity, we often picture antivirus software or strong passwords. But there’s one device quietly running in the background that’s often ignored — your home router. It’s the gateway between your devices and the internet, and if it’s not properly secured, it’s like leaving your front door wide open. Cybercriminals are increasingly
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Do you have a Gmail account? Google Gmail is a very popular email platform, with approximately 2 billion users sending an estimated 350 billion emails every day! But, due to Gmail’s popularity, attackers are always dreaming up new improved ways of attacking the platform and the people that use it. In response, Google has recently
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Every year in October, CERT NZ, the Computer Emergency Response Team, together with the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC), businesses and organisations combine to hold “Cyber Smart Week”. This year Cyber Smart Week is from Monday 6 October to Sunday 12 October and will focus on the importance of cybersecurity, helping businesses, organisations and home users
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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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The National Cyber Security Centre and CERTNZ (Computer Emergency Response Team) release a Quarterly Newsletter detailing statistics from reported incidents during that quarter. The latest Quarterly Newsletter covering 1 April to 30 June this year makes for Good and Bad reading. In the last reported quarter, $6.8m in Financial Loss was recorded. This was a
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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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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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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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