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Vulnerability Spotlight 1: ZeroLogon

March 22, 2021

Welcome to the first post in the NCSC’s Vulnerability Spotlight series. These posts will examine a range of security vulnerabilities disclosed throughout the last year.

CISA guidance: reducing the risk of ransomware

January 28, 2021

The USA's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has produced a one-stop resource designed to help organisations protect their networks from the threat of ransomware.

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.

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.