Kiwi Stories

IDEAStarter: Giving budding young Auckland entrepreneurs a chance

Entries are now open for the second annual IDEAStarter competition, encouraging young Aucklanders to bring their business ideas to life.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 10th Mar 2016

EduTech

Kiwi students to learn on the job with Young Enterprise Scheme

More than 1,400 students from 52 Auckland schools are taking part in YES this year, forming more than 180 small enterprises.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Aug 2015

Global Stories

Data Analytics

IDEAStarter competition urges Kiwi youth to turn ideas into action

The IDEAStarter competition is back, encouraging young Auckland entrepreneurs to turn their business ideas into reality.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 26th Apr 2016

AR, VR & Metaverse

Techweek AKL 2016 programme announced

Techweek AKL 2016 to showcase Auckland's innovation hub with virtual reality, start-up competitions and innovation heroes.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Apr 2016

NZTech

Techweek AKL 2016 to showcase Auckland as innovation hub

Virtual and augmented reality, start-up competitions, youth events and a showcase of Kiwi innovation heroes will feature in the inaugural Techweek AKL.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016

Flexera

Vulnerable system the root cause of security issues, experts say

The breadth of the problem illustrates the challenge faced by IT teams trying to protect their environment against security breaches.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Mar 2016

Cybersecurity

The surprisingly scary patterns revealed in hack attacks

When analysing multi-attack campaigns against industrial and government interests, patterns emerge. Scary patterns.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Thu, 3rd Mar 2016

EduTech

Are you prepared for today's sophisticated cyber threats?

With the threat landscape has fundamentally changing, it's more important than ever for businesses to educate their employees.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 29th Sep 2015

Marketing Technologies

Time-to-detection key to prevent sophisticated cyberattacks

Organisations must reduce the time to detection to remediate against sophisticated cyber attacks, according to new findings from Cisco.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Mon, 3rd Aug 2015

DevOps

Vulnerable mobile apps 'just waiting to be exploited'

Hackers target weak mobile apps, with AVG's CTO warning they're ripe for data theft and urging developers and stores to tighten security.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2015

Malware

Outdated Java software #1 problem for Kiwis online

Failing to update Java software is the number one cause of privacy and security breaches online in New Zealand.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015

Cybersecurity

Are vulnerabilities really a risk or simply hype?

Vulnerabilities are the talk of the town lately but you sometimes wonder 'is there really any substance to these reports, or it is hype?'.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Mon, 25th Aug 2014

Malware

Heartbleed Bug: What have we learned so far...?

Most popular websites are no longer vulnerable to #Heartbleed, says monitoring study. Change passwords now. Experts say the worst is over.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 15th Apr 2014

Malware

Top Valentine's Day security threats...

Valentine's Day cyber threats soar as last-minute shoppers fall victim to online scams and malware, experts warn of increased vulnerability.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 14th Feb 2014

Malware

Java security concerns not over yet

The recently discovered vulnerability has been finally patched by Oracle, but exploitation continues on computers that have not been updated.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Jan 2013

Bring Your Own Device

SonicWall tackles BYOD at Auckland event this Thursday

SonicWall invites ICT managers to discuss BYOD and security trends at its Auckland seminar this Thursday. Key insights from industry expert Florian Malecki.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 6th Mar 2012