19 May 2025
Save the date! Cyber Smart Week 2025 is coming...
Join us for our annual Cyber Smart Week: Monday 6 October - Sunday 12 October 2025.
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14 May 2025
Research indicates online threats cost New Zealanders $1.6 billion in 2024
More than half the country experienced an online threat and 830,000 experienced some financial loss.
12 March 2025
More incidents with large losses reported, says NCSC
New Zealanders lost $6.8M to cybercrime in quarter 4 2024, up 24% from $5.5M in quarter 3.
11 December 2024
Reports of cybercrime on the rise. Keep them coming, says the NCSC.
After three quarters of steady decline, the number of reported cyber incidents has increased (up 58% from the last quart
21 October 2024
Don't give to The Scamathon!
Every week, scammers take an average of $3.8 million from New Zealanders, by preying on our human nature.
18 September 2024
Unauthorised access costs Aotearoa $3.6m – NCSC
Financial losses to cybercrime increased in the second quarter of 2024, with the majority coming from large incidents.
17 September 2024
Bringing CERT NZ and the NCSC together to form Aotearoa’s lead operational cyber security agency
It’s time to provide an update on the integration of CERT NZ with NCSC.
2 September 2024
Businesses in Aotearoa need to prioritise cyber security.
If you feel your business is prepared for a cyber incident, you are in the minority.
8 April 2024
More New Zealanders adopting cyber security behaviours, but apathy also high – CERT NZ
Over half of all New Zealanders have experienced an online security attack in the last six months.
Our website has been refreshed!
We have been working to refresh the CERT NZ website to focus on information for IT specialists and large organisations.
20 July 2024
NCSC NZ statement on global IT outage
An IT outage following an update made by CrowdStrike software has caused significant disruption globally.
5 June 2024
Cybercrime causes $6.6m in losses in first quarter of 2024 – CERT NZ
The latest Cyber Security Insights report shows that incidents with losses less than $500 have dropped for the last thre