Cybersecurity

UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and GCHQ veteran Dr Ian Levy is leaving public service. His decision and absence will be felt keenly by many in the cybersecurity community, who speak highly of the Technical Director, who has been an engaged and forthright bridge with business and other industry

Security researchers at Sysdig say that they have identified a previously unreported threat actor “using some of the largest cloud and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) service providers” in a massive “freejacking” campaign that makes use of trial accounts’ free compute to power cryptomining campaigns. Dubbing it PURPLEURCHIN, Sysdig

IT managers say their orgs are better prepared - infosec pros are less confident...