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Current Activity

SolarWinds Orion cyber security alert

December 14, 2020

On 14 December 2020, SolarWinds released a security advisory detailing active exploitation of the SolarWinds Orion Platform versions 2019.4 to 2020.2.1, released between March 2020 and June 2020.

Cyber Threat Report for 2019/20 released

November 25, 2020

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its Cyber Threat Report for the 2019/20 reporting year.

Critical Windows Server vulnerability

September 21, 2020

Critical security vulnerability CVE-2020-1472 was recently released by Microsoft. The NCSC strongly recommends that organisations read the advisory and take action as appropriate.

Reporting an Incident

If your organisation has encountered or suspects a cyber-security incident, please complete and return the Cyber Security Incident - Report Form. If you require assistance in dealing with the incident, please complete the Cyber Security Incident – Request for Assistance Form.

If required, you can speak with us directly on (04) 498-7654.

Some interesting stats

339 cyber security incidents were recorded by the National Cyber Security Centre in the 12 months to 30 June 2019.

The National Cyber Security Centre estimates the gross reduced harm benefit from the operation of its CORTEX cyber defence capabilities to be $27.7 million in the 2018-19 financial year.

The National Cyber Security Centre determined that in the 2018-19 financial year, 38% of the total recorded incidents involved indicators that had been linked to state-sponsored computer network exploitation groups.

If New Zealand has secrets worth stealing, then they're worth protecting.

Threats to New Zealand's interests do not respect national boundaries.