Updates & Resources
What is a Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack and can they be avoided?
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 Denial of Service attacks which...
Healthcare Sector Suffers Tsunami of Cyber Attacks alongside COVID-19
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...
Government agency CERT warns a surge of sophisticated malware attacks is targeting New Zealanders
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment have distributed a statement on behalf of Government Cybersecurity Agency CERT NZ warning that there has been a surge of sophisticated malware attacks impacting everyday New Zealand as well as organisations of all sizes. CERT NZ indicate they...
Ransomware Attacks: Is it safe to pay a ransom?
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 password). The impact of ransomware has increased in...
Ransomware costs jump amid increased business risk
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 increasing. In previous years,...
Cybersecurity in view looking ahead 2020-2030
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, whilst considering the current...
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