by Andrew Hunt | Feb 14, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
Whether we like it or not, Windows 11 has been putting in an appearance on many of our machines. For some of us, it is exciting to get a shiny new version of Windows. The potential is compelling. For others of us, we just want to get through our work and we...
by Andrew Hunt | Jan 25, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
How many people DON’T report ransomware attacks? It’s too early to see the Q42021 results from CertNZ but their Q3 report tells there were 2,072 incidents that they responded to in Q3 and fraud/scam’s were up 25%. Their report confirms that the very risks we have been...
by Andrew Hunt | Jan 19, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Crime doesn’t always pay. The FSB reports (if you can read Russian) that they have taken down the “Revil” band of hackers. These are the people that have caused absolute havoc, from disrupting the US oil pipelines, to the Kaseya attack that took out businesses all...
by Andrew Hunt | Jan 10, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
Our Covid-19 approach. A number of clients and partners are asking us about our Covid-19 policy, so we thought we’d share it! Like many workplaces, we’ve extensively consulted our team and worked through their range of views. Our workplace requires...
by Andrew Hunt | Jan 10, 2022 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS
Who knows what 2022 will bring. We’re as happy as the next person to make predictions but we’d just predict we’d be wrong! About the only certain guess is that we’ll be under more pressure and with that, it makes sense to share a few everyday IT tips. 5...
by Andrew Hunt | Dec 13, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Mainstream media is abuzz with the latest software vulnerability. It is in a commonly used component called Log4J 2. This component is in widespread use and the risk is real. This is a fast paced and quickly changing alert. At the time of writing, the immediate...
