Reco & Cyera rank AI agent risks from sensitive data
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Trade Me dominates NZ cyber awards with triple win
Trade Me's security work has been recognised for helping keep its platform safer, as judges honoured its team, leader and AI project.
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Supported releases are now the minority on exposed New Zealand servers, after a scan found 560 of 991 disclosed PHP versions were out of security support.
New Zealand shoppers lose most to holiday scams, Norton says
New Zealand victims of holiday shopping scams lost an average of NZ$1,997, the highest among surveyed markets, Norton's research found.
Deel launches security tool to spot fake remote hires
Employers can now flag fake applicants earlier as concern grows over deepfakes, stolen identities and forged documents in remote hiring.
Division Zero launches continuous cyber testing platform
New Zealand firms are under pressure to spot vulnerabilities sooner as cyber attacks accelerate and annual audits leave long gaps unchecked.
AIready audit finds many NZ sites hard for crawlers
Many New Zealand firms could be missing AI search visibility, after 158 audits found a median crawler-readability score of 55 out of 100.
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Shorter certificate lifespans are pushing Australian and New Zealand firms to automate renewals, or face higher security and outage risks.
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As AI agents proliferate, Twilio is focusing on trusted, governed communications infrastructure rather than the apps that sit on top of it.
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Fleet managers face greater safety responsibility as New Zealand moves eligible newer vehicles to two-yearly WoFs from 1 November.
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AI agents could be tricked into harmful actions by search results pointing to expired domains that attackers can re-register and poison.
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EMEA generated 58% of quarterly sales as NAKIVO added customers, partners and enterprise deals across 190 countries.
Nuix launches AI agent for forensic investigations
The new tool aims to speed legal and regulatory casework while preserving a traceable record of each AI-generated answer for scrutiny.
Forrester warns of shadow AI surge in Asia Pacific
A governance gap could leave large Asia Pacific firms exposed, with Forrester predicting shadow AI agents will outnumber approved ones by 10 to 1.
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Analyst Insights
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Collins urges new thinking on cybersecurity decisions
Rising security spend has failed to curb cyber incidents, prompting Michael Collins to argue that organisations need better decision-making, not more tools.
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Tanium joins OpenAI cyber programme for threat research
The move gives Tanium's security teams access to OpenAI cyber models for threat detection, vulnerability work and platform defence against AI-driven attacks.
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Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance
Firms face rising risks from unchecked AI adoption, as the advisory group warns of breaches, compliance failures and vendor lock-in by 2028.
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PagerDuty launches Paige AI agent & PD Labs in ANZ
Australian and New Zealand customers will gain early access to AI tools designed to speed incident response and cut service disruption costs.
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