11 Jul 2024

Cybersecurity: What are brute force attacks? Russia wants VPNs gone from Apple

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 11 July 2024
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MARCH 05: ​Latest iPhone models are seen at re:Store in Moscow, Russia on March 05, 2022. Apple announced it has stopped selling all of its products in Russia.

Apple products for sale in Russia. The company has bowed to Russian demands to remove VPNs from its store. Photo: AFP

Cybersecurity consultant Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to talk about a rise in brute force attacks in New Zealand - what are they and how can they be successfully headed off?

Russia has requested the removal of VPNs (Virtual Private Network) from the Apple platform.

What's the reason behind it and how has Apple reacted?

And Tony looks at Operation Morpheus, designed to take down Cobalt Strike servers that had been used by criminal networks.

Tony Grasso is Principal Consultant at cybersecurity firm TitaniumDefence.

He worked at GCHQ in the UK and is a former Intelligence Officer in New Zealand.