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GCHQ, NCSC Technical Director Dr Ian Levy calls quits after 22 years

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...

Edward Targett October 28, 2022

A jeweller, sociologist, composer, a mum, go into cybersecurity…

A jeweller, sociologist, composer, a mum, go into cybersecurity…

This is not the start of a joke: CISOs are searching beyond conventional talent pools...

Lara Olszowska October 25, 2022

A mystery threat actor is running an "abnormally" large freejacking campaign that taps GitHub, Heroku to mine crypto

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...

The Stack October 25, 2022