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January 25, 2022

Application Security / Audits / Cloud Security / Compliance / Cyberwarfare / Data Protection / Disaster Recovery / Email Security / Endpoint Security / Fraud & Identity Theft / Identity & Access / Incident Response / Malware / Network Security / NEWS & INDUSTRY / Phishing / Risk Management / Security Architecture / Tracking & Law Enforcement / Virus & Malware / Vulnerabilities

UK’s NCSC Pushes NMAP Scanner Scripts to Fill Defender Gap

The U.K. government’s cybersecurity agency has announced plans to ship a collection of well-tested, reliable scanning scripts to help defenders find and fix high-priority...

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May 12, 2021

NEWS & INDUSTRY / Security Infrastructure

Inside The UK’s Active Cyber Defense Program

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre highlights the success of its Active Cyber Defence (ACD) program The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC – part...

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March 28, 2021

Cyber Attacks / Cyber Criminals / education sector / NCSC / Ransomware / UK

Ransomware Attacks Targeting UK’s Education Sector Increased, says NCSC – E Hacking News

  According to the warning by GCHQ’s cybersecurity arm, NCSC, there has been a substantial spike in the number of ransomware attacks targeting education...

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November 19, 2020

Security News

The UK’s new offensive cyber unit takes on organised crime and hostile states

A new offensive force made up of spies, cyber experts and the members of the military is already conducting cyber operations to disrupt hostile...

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September 16, 2020

Management & Strategy / NEWS & INDUSTRY / Vulnerabilities

UK’s NCSC Publishes Guide to Implementing a Vulnerability Disclosure Process

The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has released a guide to help organizations get started with implementing a vulnerability disclosure process. The NCSC’s...

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January 21, 2020

Security News

UK’s HMRC tax authority seeks tools to track down cryptocurrency criminals

This malware will partially mutate every 20 minutes to avoid detection Dexphot’s main purpose is to silently mine cryptocurrency and generate revenue for the...

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January 17, 2020

Security News

Huawei and 5G: Why the UK’s decision is getting tougher every day

Huawei CEO: Our new OS could be 60% faster than Android Huawei sets to work on creating an app store alternative to Google Play....

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July 5, 2019

Security News

UK’s largest police forensics lab paid ransom demand to recover locked data

Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s largest police forensics lab contractor, admitted today to paying a ransom to cyber-criminals to regain access to files that had...

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July 5, 2019

Cybercrime / Management & Strategy / NEWS & INDUSTRY / Privacy / Privacy & Compliance / Tracking & Law Enforcement

EFF, OTI Respond to UK’s Online Harms Legislative Proposal

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) have published their combined response to the UK government’s Online Harms White...

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May 29, 2019

Cyber Attack / cybersecurity / phishing attack / Phishing Attacks

UK’s FOI Request Exposes British Government Cybersecurity Weaknesses

Through the United Kingdom’s Freedom of Information, data and statistics that used to be state-secrets are exposed for public consumption and appreciation. It opens...