Individuals

Explore our content to find practical guidance on how to keep your information safe and secure online.

Guide

Using encryption to keep your data safe

When storing data on a device or in a system, you can use encryption to make sure only the right people can access it.

Guide

Protecting your privacy online

Protecting your privacy online means you have more control over where your personal information goes and who has access

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News

Using Zoom safely

Since moving into Alert Levels 3 and 4, more New Zealanders than ever have been exploring new ways of connecting online.

11 May 2020

Alert

Malware being spread via email attachments

7 September 2020

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News

COVID-19: CERT NZ availability through levels 3 and 4

CERT NZ is still taking incident reports through the shut-down period.

25 March 2020

Alert

Nitro PDF users’ email addresses and hashed passwords leaked

20 November 2020

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News

COVID-19: supporting people to work from home

A number of New Zealand businesses and organisations are encouraging their staff to work from home during the COVID-19 p

9 March 2020

Alert

Vulnerabilities in Apple devices reportedly being actively exploited

4 May 2021

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News

Safer Internet Day – help kids stay safe online

This time of year kids are heading back to school, often with new devices. The start of February not only marks the retu

4 February 2020

Alert

Apple iMessage vulnerability targeted by attackers

14 September 2021

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News

Buying devices for back to school

There are a lot of sales on at the moment, which makes it a great time to buy that device for when kids go back to schoo

8 January 2020

Advisory

DrayTek Router vulnerability

5 August 2022

Declan Ingram

News

Dec signs off

Former CERT NZ Deputy Director, Declan Ingram was one of the founding members of CERT NZ. After four years, he has moved

29 January 2021

Alert

Credit card scam text message campaign targets New Zealanders

10 March 2023

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News

Password apathy is costing Kiwis millions

A simple change to password behaviour could save New Zealanders millions of dollars says CERT NZ, the government agency

7 April 2021

Alert

Phishing scams targeting New Zealanders to install remote access software

1 May 2023