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Cyber threats

Bank fraud
Persec

US bank regulator highlights increased fraud and cyber activities

February 5, 2025

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Semi-annual Risk Perspective for Fall 2024 reports an uptick in traditional and novel fraud activity targeting backs, writes Nicholas Dynon. The Office of the Comptroller’s (OCC) […]

Cyber defences
Cyber Security

Strengthening New Zealand’s Cyber Defences in the New Security Landscape

January 13, 2025

Steve Bray, Vice President at Cloudflare ANZ, provides insights on the state of New Zealand’s cybersecurity and the critical steps businesses need to take to strengthen their defences in an increasingly volatile environment. It’s no […]

Ransomware
Cyber Security

65% of financial industry organisations suffered ransomware damage in 2023

May 15, 2024

Although ransomware attacks dropped globally by 36% to 317.6 million in 2023, the financial industry is still plagued by malicious software, according to new data. According to data compiled by Stocklytics.com, almost 65% of financial […]

Cyber Security

Protecting New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from attack

June 20, 2023

A recently published Fortinet whitepaper highlights the need to protect New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from “grey zone” threats as global tensions heighten and a new Cold War sets in. Amid conflict in Ukraine and escalating […]

Crowdstrike
Cyber Security

2023 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report reveals adversaries re-exploiting and re-weaponising patched vulnerabilities

March 1, 2023

CrowdStrike has released its 2023 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report – the ninth annual edition of the cybersecurity leader’s seminal report on the evolving behaviours, trends and tactics of today’s nation-state, eCrime and hacktivist threat actors. […]

OSAC
Beyond Pacific

Overseas Security Advisory Council announces New Zealand chapter relaunch and Auckland symposium

February 22, 2023

The US Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) announces the relaunch of its New Zealand chapter and the staging of a security symposium in Auckland on 23 February. The OSAC New Zealand Chapter will mark the relaunch of its […]

Ukraine
Cyber Defence

Unveiling the invisible war: Ukraine suffered 29 state-sponsored cyberattacks in 2022

February 18, 2023

According to data analysed by Atlas VPN, Ukraine was a victim of 29 state-sponsored attacks in 2022. Behind most of the government-backed attacks stand China and Russia, with 44 and 38 cyberattacks, respectively. The United […]

Online scams
Cyber Security

Bad Romance: over 25% of ‘Pig Butchering’ scams happen on dating sites

February 8, 2023

Data presented by Atlas VPN shows that 25.7% of pig butchering scams had their first point of contact on dating websites. Pig butchering is a relatively recent social engineering scam in which fraudsters contact people […]

RNZAF NH90
Defence

Tim van de Molen: Focus on Information, Maritime, and People needed

June 25, 2022

National Party spokesperson for Defence and Veterans Tim van de Molen writes that the time is right for identifying what investments are needed to defend our values, play a leadership role in the Pacific, and […]

Five Eyes cybersecurity advisory
Cyber Security

Five Eyes cybersecurity officials release incident response best practices

September 9, 2020

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC NZ) and Computer Emergency Response Team NZ (CERT NZ), Canada’s Communications Security Establishment, and the […]

Baltimore cyber attack
Cyber Security

Lessons from the Baltimore cyberattack for NZ

July 2, 2019

According to FintechNZ’s General Manager James Brown, New Zealand can take lessons from the U.S. city of Baltimore, which was offline for over a week in May following a ransomware cyberattack. Hackers breached the Maryland […]

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