Blog | InPhySec Security

Sep 15
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. He...

Sep 4
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 17
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 g...

Aug 7
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 incr...

Jul 30
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
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
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 t...

May 25
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
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 a...

May 11
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 t...

May 4
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. Significa...

Apr 22
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 22
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 th...

Apr 22
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) infec...

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