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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Cyber Smart Week

Cyber Smart Week 2024

Save the date - Cyber Smart Week 2024
Join us for CERT NZ's annual Cyber Smart Week campaign in 2024

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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

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20 March 2024

Quiet year doesn't mean the scams have stopped

Reports to CERT NZ showed New Zealanders lost $3.6 million to cybercrime over the last three months of 2023.

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24 January 2024

International guidance for organisations engaging with AI.

13 international organisations have released joint guidance on best practice for engaging with artificial intelligence (