CERT NZ has been integrated with The NCSC and will no longer be posting under this channel. Report incidents at ncsc.govt.nz/report

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29 Jul 2025
CERT NZ has been integrated with The NCSC and will no longer be posting under this channel. Report incidents at ncsc.govt.nz/report. Own Your Online continues to be our channel for individuals and SMEs looking for online security advice.

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29 Jul 2025
CERT NZ has been integrated with The NCSC and will no longer be posting under this channel. Report incidents at ncsc.govt.nz/report. Own Your Online continues to be our channel for individuals and SMEs looking for online security advice.

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CERT NZ retweeted
17 Dec 2024
We had a productive week of bilateral meetings with our cyber counterparts in New Zealand, including Lisa Fong, Head of NZ's National Cyber Security Centre & GCSB Deputy Director-General. 🤝 It’s been a great opportunity to deepen collaboration & strengthen our partnership.
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24 Oct 2024
Scammers take $3.8m from us every week. We can all help to stop them in their tracks. Don’t give to The Scamathon. #CSW24 #ownyouronline
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23 Oct 2024
Don’t give scammers something to sing about. Turn on two-factor authentication to help #StopTheScamathon #OwnYourOnline #CSW24
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22 Oct 2024
Scammers love easy passwords. Keep your pets and birthdays out of yours. Don’t give to The Scamathon. Visit ownyouronline.govt.nz/scamat… #StopTheScamathon #OwnYourOnline #CSW24
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21 Oct 2024
To help #StopTheScamathon, add 2FA to your main online accounts. Visit ownyouronline.govt.nz/scamat… to find out how. #OwnYourOnline #CSW24
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20 Oct 2024
This Cyber Smart Week, we’re encouraging you to own your online to help #StopTheScamathon. Visit ownyouronline.govt.nz/scamat… to find out how to be more secure online. #CSW24
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17 Oct 2024
Cyber Smart Week is coming… Be on the lookout for scammers counting on your kindness. #StopTheScamathon #OwnYourOnline #CSW24
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17 Sep 2024
In Quarter 2 New Zealanders reported losses of $6.8m to cyber crime. Most of this comes from 11 reports that were over $100,000 and collectively added up to $5.5m. NCSC’s Q2 Cyber Security Insights Report is out now, find the full report here 👉cert.govt.nz/insights-and-re…
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16 Sep 2024
It’s time to provide an update on the integration of CERT NZ with NCSC. Read the full update🔗cert.govt.nz/news-and-events…

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9 Sep 2024
ADVISORY: A critical vulnerability is impacting SonicWall SonicOS management access and SSLVPN. The vulnerability, tracked as (CVE-2024-40766), allows for unauthorised access via the SonicWall SonicOS management access and SSLVPN. cert.govt.nz/advisories/vuln…

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5 Sep 2024
While cyber security remains one of the big issues for businesses, only 55% of SME's have it as a top priority and less than half say they are prepared for an incident. Our new research which tracks the cyber security behaviours of SME's is out now🔗cert.govt.nz/news-and-events…
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16 Aug 2024
ADVISORY: A critical vulnerability is impacting IPv6 in Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server. Read full advisory 👉cert.govt.nz/advisories/remo…

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14 Aug 2024
ALERT: The NCSC number is being spoofed by scam callers. If you have received a call and/or followed any instructions from the call, please report it directly to us through the CERT NZ reporting tool 🔗cert.govt.nz/report/business…
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7 Aug 2024
ALERT: Scammers are using 'SMS blasting' tech to connect to cell phones and send fake messages to unsuspecting New Zealanders. The messages mimic the four digit 'short codes' that contain a link that leads to a fake website. Read full alert at ownyouronline.govt.nz/news-a…
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1 Aug 2024
UPDATE: Microsoft has advised New Zealand government agencies that the issue affecting Microsoft services across Aotearoa/New Zealand has been resolved and services should be back to normal.
1 Aug 2024
Some users of Microsoft 365 services experienced an outage this morning. Services are being restored and there is no information to suggest that this activity is the result of malicious cyber activity. We will provide updates as new information arises.
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1 Aug 2024
Some users of Microsoft 365 services experienced an outage this morning. Services are being restored and there is no information to suggest that this activity is the result of malicious cyber activity. We will provide updates as new information arises.
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31 Jul 2024
Our Phishing Disruption Service (PDS) is designed to strengthen New Zealand’s cyber resilience against phishing, by stopping it before it causes wide-spread harm. You can see an outline of how the PDS works in the diagram below.
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26 Jul 2024
ALERT: The NCSC would like to draw your attention to three CVEs affecting ServiceNow Now Platform. We encourage organisations in NZ that use this product to review the vendor advisory and apply the mitigations as soon as possible. Vendor advisory: support.servicenow.com/kb?id…
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