Announcing the NCSC’s new Phishing Guidance
I’m delighted to announce the publication today of our new guidance, Phishing Attacks: Defending…
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Research into dealing with weak domain passwords
Update We are no longer looking for participants for this study, but we…
Active Cyber Defence – one year on
In November 2016, just after the NCSC formally came into existence, and as…
JenX Botnet Has Grand Theft Auto Hook
A GTA hosting site is offering powerful DDoS attacks for $20 a pop,…
New Western Digital My Cloud Bugs Give Local Attackers Root on NAS Devices
Two new WD My Cloud vulnerabilities have been identified, adding to last month’s…
Crypto Miners May Be the ‘New Payload of Choice’ for Attackers
Crypto mining botnets provide a stealthy way to generate big bucks, without the…
Massive Smominru Cryptocurrency Botnet Rakes In Millions
Researchers say Smominru threat actors are in control of 500,000 node botnet and…
Updating our Factory Reset Guidance
We’ve just published new End User Devices Factory Reset Guidance on our website. We hope…
Cisco Patches Critical VPN Vulnerability
Cisco Systems released a patch Monday to fix a critical security vulnerability, with…
NCSC IT: How the NCSC built its own IT system
“When are you going to share the design of the NCSC IT system?”…