cybercrime
NCSC issues urgent security alert over Chinese threat actor's 'evolving' techniques
A group called 'APT40' working for China's Ministry of State Security is allegedly capable of exploiting POCs within hours or days of public release
NCSC
UK’s NCSC’s new CEO has flagged business risk of under-investment
Dr Horne has a "wealth of experience working with major companies and organisations" says GCHQ Anne Keast-Butler
Russia
Beat the bear's cloud incursions with canaries says Five Eyes
Service accounts, MFA bombing and residential proxies are being widely deployed by APT29.
News
NCSC vuln management guide details why to update by default - and why not to
Business should own the risk - not the security team
Citrix
1 Citrix bug alone triggered 13 “nationally significant” UK cybersecurity incidents
You filthy animals are **** at network architecture, and it may be "necessary to expand threat hunting" says NCSC.
NCSC
NCSC’s new CTO Ollie Whitehouse is a seasoned hacker
His "knowledge of software security appears to exceed that of most governments"
cyber essentials
What essentials? UK businesses remain "unaware" of NCSC cybersecurity certification
Less than 2% of UK private businesses are NCSC certified- and half of the SMEs don't even know about certification schemes
NCSC
UK’s NCSC starts using honeypots to detect, smash brute force campaigns
As well as setting up honeypots to identify and target brute force attacks, the NCSC also took down 24,407 web shells in 2022.
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Job of the Week: CTO, NCSC (paying £200k+)
The klaxons have been sounded and the purse strings loosened...
Cybersecurity
The British gov't has identified "previously unknown CNI systems”
18 ransomware incidents this year meanwhile required national coordination
Cybersecurity
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
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NCSC and ICO issue stark warning on ransoms
"Criminalising ransom payments could shift the focus of criminality from the perpetrator to the victim."