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Future of flying: Your face will be your passport
From today, a very different type of passport is being used in a "landmark" trial.
Kiwis caught up in recruitment site hack
The compromised information includes names, emails, addresses and employment history.
NZ pensioners swindled out of $1M in first 3 months of 2018
Cyber scams are hitting older New Zealanders particularly hard.
World's dumbest passwords: Is yours on the list?
Sports teams, famous brands and comic book characters aren't great options.
Juha Saarinen: Efail security scare fails to kill off email
COMMENT: Despite email being abused by every cyber miscreant, we still continue to use it.
Security flaw in apps could expose private emails to prying eyes
The security flaw affects Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird and some versions of Outlook.
Kiwi SMEs unprepared for cyber attacks
Almost 70 per cent of SMEs have no plan in place for if a cyber attack was to happen.
Mexican banks targeted in cyber attack
Cyber attackers have attempted to penetrate Mexico's electronic payment systems.
'Cyber blind spot' threatens energy companies
US energy companies spend less than 0.2 per cent on cybersecurity per year.
How thieves could break into your hotel room
If you thought your electronically secured hotel room was safe, think again.
Juha Saarinen: Security flaw alleged in Census website
COMMENT: Researchers say there's a critical flaw in how Statistics NZ set up its website.
Fears Russia plans to take information warfare to new depths
The West is troubled by Russia's new interest in the world's 400 fiber-optic cables.
Cyber crime risk to small businesses on the rise
One quarter of SMEs experienced a cyber breach last year, up 18 per cent year before.
Cyber crime on the rise says Symantec
Cyber crime is on the rise according to the latest Internet Security report.
Juha Saarinen: Privacy regulations spawn new execs
COMMENT:CPOs to become increasingly important with legal, business and financial skill set
Juha Saarinen: Unwitting 'miners' earn crims cash
COMMENT: NZ government and private sites also served up malicious code.
Juha Saarinen: When hackers get hacked themselves
COMMENT: Technology can be dual-edged sword as Pentagon learns.
Juha Saarinen: A new year, a new monster security threat
COMMENT: Impact on technology sales while chip makers sweat over solution could be huge.
Hackers may be already cashing in on tech flaws
'Dark web' site offers sale of passwords and data with a billion devices vulnerable.
Global microchip flaw could affect billions of devices
A microchip flaw that leaves devices vulnerable to hackers is much worse than first feared
Kiwis' private details obtained in global hack of Uber
New Zealanders were caught up in Uber's huge data breach.
Staff could put business at risk by watching porn
Businesses increasingly at risk of company devices being compromised by personal activity.
Cybersecurity scheme aimed at SMEs floated
The National Cyber Policy Office is testing the market appetite for the scheme.
Equifax's breach not its first brush with concerns
Earlier complaints led to the adoption of the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970.
Using Pirate Bay? Your computer might be hijacked
Users of Pirate Bay are concerned after the discovery of secret code.
Data should stay in New Zealand
Any data sent out of New Zealand is subject to greater risk than if it was kept onshore.
Could police force an iPhone X unlock with your face?
Could authorities unlock your iPhone X just by holding it to your face?
Hackers access data of 143 million Americans
Social security numbers and other data has been exposed.
NZ Govt data in Canberra's cloud
COMMENT: Microsoft won't even own the data centres our info will go into.
364 incidents of cyber attacks reported
The incidents were reported to Cert NZ in its first three months of operation.
Password guru admits he got it wrong
Passwords have become the bane of many office workers' existences.
The bizarre arrest of WannaCry hero
COMMENT: Case raises issue of what tech journalists are safe to investigate.
Letting spooks into our devices a big call
COMMENT: We need to know how legal access will be managed..