In the old days (ie last year!!), a dodgy email had a whiff to it – there was something that triggered your subconscious. That’s because some phishing emails were really badly written with terrible English. But others just had a sniff about them- something that made...
"A cybercriminal only has to be lucky once, while a defender has to be lucky every minute of every day.” - Combating Ransomware - A Comprehensive Framework for Action: Key Recommendations from the Ransomware Task Force. The message we hear from governance boards over...
Learn why use of Teams is growing at lightspeed: In this webinar we looked at what new capabilities are driving increased usage. We then discussed which are most applicable to kiwi businesses, to help shortcut your learning on which you can apply to your...
Some emails are more than just bad news No one likes bad news! But sometimes it can’t be helped. Sometimes it sneaks up on you. One of the most common ransomware attacks is through a compromised attachment in an email. It’s easy to say “only open stuff you expect” but...
Trans-Tasman outages On the 15th June Microsoft experienced issues across Australia and New Zealand with Teams calling. For Those of us using Microsoft Teams as our phone system, they stopped working. We experienced issues with inbound and outbound calls. The...
Chrome security fixes Google has released Chrome version 91.0.4472.101 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This update includes 14 security fixes. Out of the 14 fixes, 1 is considered to be critical in nature. If you are supported by KARE Core Fundamentals or Premium KARE...
Finding the best deal This news scared me! I'm always looking for slimmer, lighter and more powerful phone chargers. As someone who likes to travel light, but be ready for anything, I always have an eye out for small chargers that can power not just my phone, but...
This whole article was written using the dictation tool! **** **** ********. We all know Microsoft are constantly updating and evolving their products. This includes the dictation tool in Word and Outlook. Recently there have been improvements including Auto...
People are the weakest link This sounds like a nightmare too impossible to happen. US soldiers putting sensitive information online in non-secure third party websites. It defies belief, yet we’re reading that it happened. The story popped up on ‘Gizmodo’ It is alleged...
If you don't where it is, you can't protect it. Do you know where ALL your organisation's data is - not physically, but on which web and cloud services? Here's the problem. If you don't where it is, then you can't protect it. The secondary problem is finding out,...