Author: Jim

Axenic Charity Support – Karunai Illam Trust

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At Axenic we are proud to have been able to support and donate to the Karunai Illam Trust for several years now. Axenic’s association originally started with Axenic staff Jim Shaw and Jo Coffey supporting the children’s home in India with both time and money.  Over the years Axenic’s support has included a photographic exhibition at The Mahara Gallery in Waikanae and the “cleaning” and donation of much-needed laptops to the Trust.  Our most recent support has gone towards furnishing the boys’ hostel within the new Illam complex where the children live outside the school day.

Karunai Illam Trust

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AISA 2018 conference review

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Ahmed ElAshmawy from Axenic recently attended the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) conference – in our latest blog post he shares his experience and key insights.

Ahmed ElAshmawy – Axenic Principal Consultant

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Axenic sponsors Karunai Illam Trust exhibit

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Axenic staff Jim Shaw and Jo Coffey support a children’s home in India; Jim giving money, Jo gives time. Recently Jo approached Axenic’s General Manager, Terry Chapman, to support a photographic exhibition at The Mahara Gallery in Waikanae.

So, what is the story of the exhibition and why is Axenic keen to support this?

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Demystifying GDPR myths and grey areas

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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been the buzz word that is causing media hype and organisations across the globe. You can find myths and misconceptions around GDPR more than you can find factual information. This blog post will address some of the key myths that we have found.

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BrickerBot kiss of death to IoT devices

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Reports surfaced on the 12th of April of a botnet that attacks IoT running BusyBox and other Linux-based devices. The bot, which is believed to be active since the 20th of March 2017, exploits hard-coded passwords of devices with published SSH or telnet, as well as attempting to brute-force passwords of devices with non-default credentials. As the name suggest, BrickerBot bricks the devices and leaves them completely useless. This is done by executing a set of commands to delete storage, corrupt routing and others.

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