Petya – Not all Cryptoviruses are equal
The latest round of Cryptovirus hit yesterday. Petya, named after a similar virus, which shares very little with the original, hit with the same destructive force as the WannaCry virus last month, this...
View ArticleA New Phishing Threat
There is a new Phishing threat making the rounds which combine quite a bit of research on behalf of the attacker, along with a bit of social engineering. Over the last few weeks, a number of our...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about ‘Meltdown’ &‘Spectre’
Over the Christmas break, Intel has disclosed a security vulnerability within its processors. Google who initially found the issue, has released a statement which now shows further processor...
View ArticleVPNFilter – A sophisticated threat to businesses
2018 has seen a lot of new cyber threats. Hackers, scammers and the like are getting smarter. VPNFilter takes me back to the famous Stuxnet virus which infiltrated Iran’s nuclear program. VPNFilter is...
View ArticleTwo-Factor Authentication
It’s always the way. I was meaning to write this post a couple of months ago, but as you do, you get busy. But in that time, there has been a lot of talk about two-factor authentication. This talk has...
View Article2018 In Review
2018 has been an interesting year at Layer3. We’ve kept our head down as we’ve been flat out implementing new services and on-boarding new customers. Layer3 has gone through a bit of a transformation...
View ArticleCollection #1 – The biggest data breach of all time
Over the last few days, the biggest data breach of all time has come to light. Collection #1 appears to be a set of information from a number of breaches. This information was being freely passed...
View ArticleWindows 7 – It’s all over, and soon!
It’s quite hard to believe that Windows 7 is now 10 years old – it seems like only yesterday that I installed it. Unfortunately, time is running out – it’s crunch time. Windows 7 goes ‘end of support’...
View ArticleWelcome to our new vLog / Layer3 vLog
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View ArticleNew Phishing Attack
This week we [Layer3] have seen a new phishing attack being launched within New Zealand, and it’s a zinger. Scammers and hackers are getting smarter. Have a good firewall, antivirus and spam filtering...
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