Kiwi Stories

Protecting New Zealand in the new cybercrime threatscape

New Zealand's businesses are digitally transforming, supported by good internet infrastructure, and immersed in a culture of innovation.

By Justin Gray • 4 min read • Mon, 17th Sep 2018

Global Stories

Malware

Malware downloader on the rise in Check Point's latest Threat Index

Organisations continue to be targeted by cryptominers, despite an overall drop in value across all cryptocurrencies in 2018.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 16th Jan 2019

Distributed Denial of Service

2019's top three cybersecurity trends - Akamai

Cybercriminals have been moving towards a 'gig economy' – an underground community of malicious actors exchanging services.

By Fernando Serto • 4 min read • Mon, 7th Jan 2019

Botnet

2018 sees 1,500% increase in coinmining malware - report

The explosive growth of cryptocurrency in 2018 catapulted coinmining malware incidents by 1,500%, reveals eSentire's Annual Threat Report.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Dec 2018

Malware

2019 threat landscape predictions - Proofpoint

Proofpoint researchers have looked ahead at the trends and events likely to shape the threat landscape in the year to come.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Tue, 18th Dec 2018

Digital Transformation

How businesses will pivot AI strategies to align with human-centric goals

AI will not only allow businesses to reduce costs but will also provide ROI to the staff working with the technology.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 18th Dec 2018

Crypto

How enterprise tech will evolve in 2019

DataArt forecasts a technology revolution in 2019, predicting leaps in open banking, personalised retail, blockchain, and IoT, reshaping industry landscapes.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Dec 2018

Virtual Private Networks

Seven big cybersecurity threats and how to prevent them

Hackers and fraudsters will go to enormous lengths to steal this data, so it's important to know about the top cyber security threats we face today.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Mon, 5th Nov 2018

Crypto

Callaghan Innovation places bets in local crypto startup

Callaghan Innovation has placed $330,000 into a local cryptocurrency savings and trading startup now called Vimba.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 31st Oct 2018

Crypto

Cryptopia: The Kiwi exchange riding the crypto boom

New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia celebrates signing up two million users and expanding globally in just three years.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Oct 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Hungry vendors: EMEA server shipments fall while revenues rise

Higher average selling prices across standard and custom servers has seen data centre vendors cashing in on a bustling market.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 3rd Oct 2018

Crypto

All aboard the blockchain train: Academic says NZ needs to catch up fast

New Zealand is lagging in blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption, says a University of Auckland academic, urging swift action to remain competitive.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Fri, 28th Sep 2018

Hyperscale

Hydro66 appoints new exec to support blockchain investments

A new executive role has been created to support the company's ambitions to take advantage of the opportunities present in the blockchain markets.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018

Malware

Cryptomining and IoT attacks gunning for healthcare industry

Medical staff now carry multiple connected devices with them, including personal devices that lack appropriate security controls.

By Dave Palmer • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Aug 2018

Blockchain

Exclusive: How blockchain solves a seemingly unsolvable problem

Blockchain has been causing a stir amongst people and companies due to its ability to solve previously unsolvable problems.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Aug 2018

Crypto

How blockchain can foster initiative

The digital revolution has transformed industries, but it's the online community that's evolving the most. Blockchain could reshape the internet economy.

By Donika Kraeva • 3 min read • Mon, 13th Aug 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Hydro66 boosts Sweden data centre expertise & capacity

Sweden-based data centre operator Hydro66 has continued to bank on strong company growth to boost staff, data centre builds, and capacity.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Aug 2018

Gaming

DDoS attacks combining new and tried-and-true techniques

DDoS botnets attacked online resources in 74 countries in Q2 2018, reveals Kaspersky Lab report. Hong Kong now ranks second among the most attacked countries.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Aug 2018

Blockchain

Exclusive: Cloud and blockchain threats creating new channel opportunities

While blockchain technology isn't at the same maturity stage as cloud, the channel should start ramping up their security capabilities in that space.

By Kai Ping Lew • 5 min read • Tue, 31st Jul 2018

Email Security

Operation Warenagent arrests 15 online fraudsters across Europe

The scam network is thought to be responsible for more than 35,000 cases of fraud and has caused more than EUR 18 million in damage.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Jul 2018