Cryptocurrency thefts surged to $2.2 billion in 2024, with North Korean hackers responsible for $1.3 billion—more than half the total—according to a Chainalysis report.
The...
Instances of censorship are growing to the point of normalization.
Despite ongoing litigation and more public attention, mainstream social media has been more ferocious in...
Legislation aimed at strengthening New Zealand’s fight against cybercrime passed its first reading in Parliament today, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced.
The new bill, designed...
A sophisticated smishing scam, the first of its kind in New Zealand, has been dismantled through a multi-agency effort, preventing widespread financial losses, say...
This weekend DTNZ will be upgrading its cybersecurity architecture.
DTNZ is subject to thousands of cyber attacks every week. The vast majority of them originate...
In an alarming series of tweets, cybersecurity expert Ehden Biber has raised serious concerns about the recent global IT outage caused by a Crowdstrike...
Today's a major IT outage attributed to CrowdStrike has caused widespread disruption across various sectors, including air travel and banking.
The outage has been described...
A former prominent New Zealand sports figure has been charged with unlawfully posting explicit images of a woman online without her consent.
Court documents reveal...
Members of the Chinese community are advised to be highly vigilant about an investment scam emerging on some social media.
Police are investigating two cases...
New Zealand Police have joined international authorities to bust open a significant cybercrime operation, which targeted thousands of people worldwide.
Under Operation Camperdown, New Zealand...
Washington and London are claiming Beijing sponsored a cybercrime campaign against them three years ago. Why did they wait until now?
In March, the UK,...
Officials have revealed that sensitive data from the country's Parliament was compromised during a cyber espionage operation attributed to China.
The Government Communications Security Bureau...
A cybersecurity incident at MediaWorks has potentially compromised the personal data of 2.5 million New Zealanders.
The breach was announced on a dark web forum...
New Zealand authorities have connected on a significant cybercrime operation and charged two for their role in an alleged phishing scam, which targeted Kiwis...
Officials have highlighted the need to protect critical infrastructure in New Zealand in a briefing to the Minister for National Security and Intelligence, Christopher...
The Banking Ombudsman has ruled that BNZ must reimburse nearly $300,000 to two victims who lost $430,000 in a Citibank-branded investment scam, finding that...
Members of the tech giant’s cybersecurity team were also affected in the breach.
Microsoft has claimed its corporate system was hit by a “nation-state” cyber...
Police are today responding to emails of a concerning nature directed to a number of organisations throughout New Zealand, including hospitals and places of...
Yesterday police responded to emails of a concerning nature directed at a number of organisations throughout New Zealand, including schools and hospitals.
Police acknowledged 'how...
The group calling itself SiegedSec demanded research into “catgirls”.
The Idaho National Laboratory, a nuclear research hub working for the US Department of Energy, confirmed...
Just under $200 million dollars was lost to scams over the last year according to 11 of New Zealand’s largest financial institutions.
The figure has...
The flag is flying for INTERPOL today as the world’s largest policing organisation celebrates a century of international police cooperation.
The International Criminal Police Commission...
Police are aware that an email scam has re-emerged, that references Police and other justice sector partners.
The email claims authorities have done a search...
Poland’s War Studies University has reportedly suffered a breach in which sensitive defense data was stolen.
The CyberTriad hacker group, which allegedly has links to...
Police issued a joint statement with the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) as online child sex abuse cases rise.
The joint statement wanted to highlight the...
The federal law enforcement agency said that public phone charging sites are vulnerable to “bad actors”.
The FBI has urged Americans to stay away from...
Western officials have reportedly expressed shock at the level of detail made public about US spying efforts.
A recent leak of classified documents on Washington’s...
Police have taken part in simultaneous enforcement action overnight as agencies from multiple countries targeted an illicit online marketplace selling stolen digital identities.
This operation,...
The Spanish authorities have yet to conclude their probe into the alleged suicide.
The family of late entrepreneur John McAfee is still trying to get...
A banking crisis simulation conducted recently in Israel is preparation for the 'Great Reset', according to Mike Yeadon, former chief scientific officer for Pfizer...
A German court has jailed the team behind the CyberBunker darknet service provider that operated from a Cold War-era NATO bunker, finding them guilty...