News

• Posted November 25, 2020
• Cyber Threat Reports
• Media Releases

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its  Cyber Threat Report [PDF, 1.4 MB]  for the 2019/20 reporting year.

• Posted September 30, 2020
• NZISM Updates

The New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) (external link) has released an update (v3.4), which includes: Chapter 16 - Access Control and Passwords.

• Posted September 21, 2020
• Technical Advisories
• Security Advisories

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.

• Posted September 18, 2020
• Technical Advisories

The USA's National Security Agency (NSA) has released two cybersecurity information sheets (CSIs) with best practices to help government teleworkers and their systems administrators secure their networks and handle potential compromises.

• Posted September 16, 2020
• Technical Advisories

The USA's National Security Agency (NSA) has released a UEFI Secure Boot customisation technical report that provides detailed recommendations for customising Secure Boot to better protect against firmware exploitation.

• Posted August 31, 2020
• Security Advisories

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is aware of an ongoing campaign of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks affecting New Zealand entities.