How to increase your digital security
Romance, investment, property, and phishing are just some ways kiwis are getting scammed out of their hard-earned money. Everyone thinks, ‘it won’t happen to me’ until it does.
Last quarter, Netsafe reported over 13 million...
Communications and marketing teams need to pay attention to Brand Impersonation Scams and Fraud...
In today’s digital age, scams have evolved to target consumers and businesses with fraudulent websites or social media pages that look like the official site of a legitimate brand or person.
The goal is to...
What You Need to Know About Sharenting
It’s become quite the norm for people to share every update and photo of their lives on social media. I can’t remember the last time I scrolled through my news feed, without seeing a...
Times of natural disaster unfortunately attract scammers
Cyclone Gabrielle brought severe weather conditions to many regions of Aotearoa New Zealand and unfortunately it also brought with it many charity scams.
Charity scams are fraudulent schemes that exploit people's generosity and kindness. These...
It’s Safer Internet Day and that means Every Space a Safe Space
For the 20th consecutive year, the world is coming together for Safer Internet Day. The annual event is marked globally to promote the safe and responsible use of the internet and digital technologies.
Netsafe is...
2022 – Netsafe year in review
2022 - a year in review
2022 the year Netsafe increased responsibility in the online safety space for Aotearoa - Brent Carey, CEO
The internet became more popular this year than ever before. New Zealanders are...
Shop Safe this International Fraud Awareness Week
It’s International Fraud Awareness Week, and Netsafe has partnered with the Domain Name Commission to encourage New Zealanders to Shop Safe bring New Zealanders safer online shopping tips to combat fraud.
It’s a great time...
What’s in store with the online world for 2023?
Our senior experts make their predictions about the online world.
Significant advancements in technology make it difficult to predict what will happen in the online safety space this year.
Netsafe’s Leadership Team have predicted what they...
Homegrown Code to tackle Online Safety now “The Worlds Code”
Republished with permission from a blog article that originally appears on the IT Professionals New Zealand website.
On July 25th 2022 Netsafe and NZTech launched a new initiative that commits a range of technology companies to addressing the risk...
Taking a Byte out of the Big Apple
Are we being prejudiced with social media and big tech?
TikTok faces a real threat of being banned in many Western countries including the US and Australia. Suddenly big tech companies that are Chinese owned...
