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GCSB condemns "reckless" Russian NotPetya attack
Andrew Hampton, director general of the GCSB, has joined international condemnation of last year's NotPetya cyber attack.
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On Kaspersky, New Zealand intelligence community treads lightly
Government Communications Security Bureau says agencies could take 'current international commentary' into account when making security software decisions.
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New Zealand joins global CERT network with security centre launch
New Zealand's CERT, or Computer Emergency Response Team, is up an running with its official launch in Wellington today.
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Symantec - Insurers poised to disrupt cyber-security channels
A series of product partnerships with cyber insurance providers locally and globally is signalling ICT security firm Symantec is preparing for what could be a major market shift.
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Account takeovers on the rise as DDoS trends continue
Cybercriminals who hack one account have been trawling databases to see if they can use the same credentials to compromise other sites. This is not new, but a recent report by Akamai shows this practice is gaining increasing popularity in the criminal underworld.
Features about cybercrime
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Hack victims urged to share the gory details
It may be difficult to remember now, but not too long ago, cyberattacks rarely made headlines in mainstream news. That's not to say that these advanced persistent threats, sometimes state-sponsored or the product of organized crime, were uncommon. On the contrary, they were booming. It was just that few people liked to talk about them.
