Adaptive Cloud Solutions - ACS

03/09/2021

Hi ACS family, looks like there's a national internet outage with a back-end carrier Vocus - affecting customers of 2talk, Orcon and others. While this is out of our hands we are monitoring closely and working on alternatives for as many of our partners as possible.

26/08/2021

EDIT: This has been resolved. Please call us if you are still having issues :)
Just a heads-up for Vodafone customers, if you can't access Microsoft 365 services (Email, OneDrive etc) - VF are aware of this and working on it. Fri 27/08 Updates are on their website:

Check here for possible outages

16/08/2021

Have you been asked to make a bank transfer by someone claiming to be your colleague? These can be 'red flagged' automatically - ask us how!

You may have seen it before, especially if you work in your company's finance department. A brief, vague email from one of the company directors or shareholders asking if you are available to make a quick payment on their behalf. But look a little closer - and it's from an email address you haven't....

30/07/2021

Christchurch is set to take on improved broadband speed in the city's CBD, with speeds as fast as 8GB per second being made available for the same price as some standard fibre plans starting from next month. This is exciting news and a great move for Christchurch!!!

Starting from next month, Hyperfibre will be available to businesses, schools, and residences within Moorhouse, Fitzgerald, Bealey, and Deans Avenues.

26/07/2021

When it comes to passwords, there are many ways one can improve just how secure they are. Although we still highly recommend 2FA and MFA, it is essential that good password hygiene is followed to further improve security.

Bad work-related password habits have led to a wide range of user vulnerabilities in many businesses. With many still choosing to work from home and getting used to the hybrid workplace, personal security has fallen by the wayside. Although it is true that businesses are increasing their use of impo...

23/07/2021

Having a solid password set up for every account is a great way to ensure you are securely using your devices, but it is simply not enough when it comes to today's standards. Utilising MFA is a great way to bolster security and is definitely worth looking into, here's why

In today's world connectivity is absolutely everything. We treat technology as an extension of ourselves and in some cases, we feel incomplete when we don't have technology at arms reach. This obsession with technology has been constantly on the rise with data from research company IDC revealing tha...

16/07/2021

Google continues to battle with a number of malicious apps finding their way onto the company's Play Store with the recent wave of malicious apps seeing nearly 6 million downloads. The apps were designed to target and capture users' Facebook logins.

Google has once again removed numerous malicious apps from the company’s Play Store after they were downloaded nearly 6 million times by users. The apps had been revealed to be stealing users’ Facebook login credentials. "The applications were fully functional, which was supposed to weaken the v...

14/07/2021

Phishing scams have quickly become the number one scourge of the internet, we take a deep dive into the vast ocean of the web and take a look at what exactly a phishing scam is and how damaging it can be

Although one of the oldest tricks in book, phishing is still one of the most common and dangerous tools in the hacker hand book. The goal? Tricking the email recipient into believing the message is honest and has something the recipient wants or needs and then getting them to click a link or downloa...

13/07/2021

Kaseya has released a wave of patches following last week's supply chain attack which affected as many as 1500 businesses around the world, including a number of schools here in New Zealand

Kaneya releases patch to address flaws exploited by a wide-spread ransomware attack.

09/07/2021

Supply chain attacks have been one of the many forms of ransomware finding their way into thousands of businesses throughout the years. We have all seen the results but how can we prevent them? There are a few different ways to do so.

Supply chain attacks are the latest beast to burden the day to day computer user, the worst thing is they can be extremely hard to combat as most of the damage is done from the source, not just accidentally clicking a malicious link. These attacks can be devastating and more importantly, you likely....

07/07/2021

Supply chain attacks have been their making way to the front of many headlines over the past two weeks, with several notable attacks hitting New Zealand shores. With this in mind what exactly is a supply chain attack and how does it work?

The prevention of becoming a victim of a cyber attack has long been boiled down into a simple set of instructions; ‘Don’t download attachments or click links of unfamiliar sources’ and ‘don’t hand over credentials to a fraudulent website’. While this is effective in most cases, the troub...