A Cyber Security Manifesto for 2022
InPhySec recently submitted to the government’s Cyber Security Advisory Committee. This is a summary of our submission. Its’s the money…...
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
Microsoft Office and the catch 22
Ten steps to secure your office 365 environment Microsoft Office 365 often forms the heart of an enterprise’s operations, facilitating...
- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
To log or not to log?
Log story short, you only look for the log when it is needed, and by then it may have already rotted away (deleted). Log files are...
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
How to prepare for Zero Day exploits
More than 30,000 servers worldwide have been affected following last week's Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days and more are being...
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Are your SMS messages secure?
Short messaging service (SMS), more commonly known as texting, has been around for nearly 30 years and is slowly fading out. This may be...
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Cyber attacks on the rise in New Zealand
Our New Zealand newswires have been busy of late with the rise of cyber attacks that have been hitting prominent New Zealand entities....
- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
What is a DDoS attack?
DDoS stands for Distributed Denial of Service. This attack has the same goal as a traditional Denial Of Service (DOS) attack which is to...
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
Twitter's security breach, the truth from the myths
Twitter’s employees were the target of a social engineering scheme, resulting in confidential information being disclosed and attackers...
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
Cloud + Threat Report Aug 2020 - Netskope
Netskope has released the latest edition of the Netskope Cloud and Threat Report, which reveals a massive shift in user behavior and...
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
Security through the eyes of an Engineering student
Moving to New Zealand from Germany 10 years ago, I have grown to love this windy little capital. After graduating from College, I decided...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
How do we deal with Security Incidents?
A security incident can be a rough experience for any organisation, especially one that is not prepared. What is a Security Incident? To...
- Jun 16, 2020
- 3 min
Alert: Corporate double-tap ransomware on the rise
Over recent years there has been an alarming evolution in the ransomware scene. eCrime gangs have moved from targeting single endpoints...
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Are you Privacy Act ready?
Now that we are emerging from lockdown and heading to a new normal, it seems prudent to remind organisations that at some point the bill...
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
Attached below is the 2020 Verizon DBIR. We encourage you to read the full report however we've provided a brief summary as follows: Of...
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
Worms: A slippery sabotager
A computer worm is a type of malware that spreads through self-replication and is focused on the lateral movement of an infected system...
- May 4, 2020
- 3 min
Is Anti-virus dead?
Last Century Anti Virus (AV) was designed last century to deal with last century malware. It is fair to say times have changed....
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Continuous Assurance is the future
Security Testing Security testing is a common security assurance tool that has been used for many years. Yet, despite countless expensive...
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
Zoom and Cloud Application best practice
The American digital conferencing solution company Zoom has recently experienced a major upsurge of popularity in its offerings due to...
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
Cryptojacking
The Aim of cryptojacking is to use victims’ machines to mine crypto on behalf of the hacker. There are two main ways to do this, 1)...