by Andrew Hunt | Oct 2, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
We’ve warned before about vulnerabilities like Spectre and Meltdown. The basic precautions are to keep your Windows, Office and other software completely up to date, and of course keeping your anti-virus current. That’s going to stop most things but lately we’ve...
by Andrew Hunt | Oct 2, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
How many old phone chargers do you have tucked away at the back of cupboards? It is such a waste of resources to have all those plastic and metal boxes that you don’t want to throw way, but can’t be sure you will ever use again. Just to make things slightly worse,...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 27, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Cyber Security Audits are increasingly common. One cause is that we’re seeing more boards ask about cyber security posture, and frankly every board needs to be asking about that. The other major prompt we see is when our clients are applying for cyber security...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 27, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
1. What is it? We’ve mentioned before that Microsoft had stated that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows and it would simply keep being updated. That’s played out well over the last many years, but now we do have a new version – Windows 11. New Windows 11...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 21, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
It might be our nearest neighbour, rather than us, but its still a good indicator of the trends that we’re also seeing in New Zealand. We have to remember that much cyber-crime is still not reported. Whether it’s out of embarrassment or commercial...
by Andrew Hunt | Sep 20, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates
If you suddenly can’t print at work, it might NOT be you! It could be the “PrintNightmare” problem For months Microsoft has been battling to release a reliable update for a problem called “PrintNightmare” that’s been happening since...
