by Editor | 9 Sep 2021 | Denial of Service DDoS Attack, Cyber Security
New Zealand organisations deal with an ongoing barrage of DDoS attacks – typically dozens able to be detected in some form each month. In September 2021 large organisations Kiwibank, ANZ, NZ Post and the Metservice have reportedly been hit by ongoing Distributed...
by Editor | 16 Nov 2020 | Cyber Security, Healthcare, Ransomware
Hospitals and other healthcare organisations have recently been under heavy attack by cyber criminals according to information from both Microsoft and US Federal agencies. The attacks put lives at risk during what is already a challenging time due to the current...
by Editor | 13 Oct 2020 | Cyber Security, Ransomware
For most organisations, ransomware is likely their biggest cyber threat – with the door to their systems most often being opened courtesy of a team member falling for a ‘phishing attack’ (a process where they are tricked into giving away their...
by Editor | 15 May 2020 | Cyber Insurance, Dark Web, Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that electronically shreds data (by encrypting it) and the cyber criminals behind it demand a ransom from their victim in order to return the data. Unfortunately for everyone except the criminals behind it – the impact of ransomware is...
by Editor | 27 Jan 2020 | Cyber Security, Futurist Mindset
To kick off 2020 and the new decade, Gorilla founder Paul Spain joined John Campbell and Hayley Holt on TVNZ Breakfast on the first episode of the year in order to provide a futurist standpoint on technology and where we are headed in the not too distant future,...
