Why so quiet? (where was last month’s newsletter?)

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 25, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

We lost a month!  No August newsletter. Apologies for that (although you probably have so many emails and messages that you may not have noticed). We’re super busy – here’s what is going on! Our Christchurch office is moving. Our new office is just...

What can you expect if you get crypto-locked?

by Andrew Hunt | Jul 29, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

!Right now, there’s a crypto-locked server in the lab in our Kinetics Auckland Office. It’s not from one of our clients, but a business that’s come to us, after the event, asking for help. We are busy rebuilding it and restoring the data and configuration to the...

Are you meeting the requirements of your Cyber Insurer?  (And are you minimising your risk anyway?)

by Andrew Hunt | Jul 14, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

Given the scale of cyber-attacks, we aren’t surprised to be hearing reports of insurers applying a “duty of care” test before agreeing to pay out. Despite sending chills up your spine, when you consider this, it makes sense as Insurers do the same thing to...

3 billion devices are at risk.  Does that include you? (it probably does)

by Andrew Hunt | Jul 6, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

 An actively exploited high severity “zero day” cyber-security exploit has been found in the Google Chrome web browser.   With over 3 billion users it will take some time for the update roll out to everyone.  Meanwhile, everyone who uses Chrome on their PC...

Who is Tina?

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 30, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Meet Tina Moulynox , our new Engineering Services Manager.   Tina manages our engineering team, from recruitment to development, planning and all the support in-between.   Tina, Welcome to Kinetics – You’ve been here a few weeks now – When...

We’re looking for people (you probably are too)

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 26, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

I’m not convinced about the ‘Great Resignation’ but I do think there are a few people evaluating their futures. Covid and lockdowns have taught us to think about who we are, where we are and what we want to be doing, and that’s healthy.   Like...