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Aotearoa’s Cyber Smart Week kicks off with a challenge to lift your security game
New Zealand’s annual cyber security awareness campaign, Cyber Smart Week kicks off on 10 October. This year CERT NZ, the
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Banking malware targeting business customers of New Zealand banks
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Record scam loss is a call for NZers to act on cyber security
A spate of scams between July and September has seen New Zealanders stung with direct financial losses totalling almost
Advisory
VPNFilter malware
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A year of lows and highs - 2022
2022 has been a big year for cyber security, with several incidents from around the globe hitting headlines. Naturally,
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S/MIME and OpenPGP email client vulnerability
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When password managers get hacked
What do you do if your password manager has been hacked? If you’re a LastPass user, it might be time to consider your op
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Cisco Smart Install misuse
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Record losses to cybercrime a concern, even as reports decline
CERT NZ’s latest annual summary shows that scammers are still finding new and inventive ways of getting to our money. Wh
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MikroTik RouterOS vulnerability
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New Zealand and International Partners Release Comprehensive Cyber Advisory on LockBit Ransomware
Joint Advisory Helps Organizations Around the World Better Understand and Protect Against this Global Ransomware Threat.
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Memcached reflection denial-of-service
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Financial losses due to cybercrime up 66% in first quarter of 2023 – CERT NZ
CERT NZ has seen report numbers, in the first quarter of this year, creep back up from the last quarter of 2022. And unf
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Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities
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Government moves to create lead cyber security agency
The Government is creating a lead operational cyber security agency, as such the functions of CERT NZ will be integrated