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Calls For Regulation Build After Facebook Privacy Fallout

Political actors and privacy activists are calling for more regulations on data privacy...
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Word Attachment Delivers FormBook Malware, No Macros Required

A new wave of document attacks targeting inboxes do not require enabling macros...
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Mirai Variant Targets Financial Sector With IoT DDoS Attacks

Researchers said a Mirai botnet variant, possibly linked to the IoTroop or Reaper...
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Privacy Advocates Blast Facebook After Data Scraping Scandal

Privacy advocates are up in arms after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said most...
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It’s almost time to kick off CYBERUK 2018

Has it really been a year? We are looking forward to throwing open the...
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CYBERUK 2018: Let the games begin! (again)

The Games are back this year at CYBERUK 2018! There will be a...
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CYBERUK In Practice Track 3: Detect & Defend

Defending against cyber attacks requires a two-pronged approach: proactive and reactive. A good...
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How the NCSC thinks about security architecture

The NCSC has a security architecture team who consult on the design and...
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Introducing our EUD Guidance for Android 8

We've just published guidance for Android 8 (Oreo). In it we recommend the best...
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EUD Security Guidance: Android 8

This guidance is applicable to Android 8 devices configured in work-managed mode...
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CYBERUK In Practice Track 2: Mitigation

With CYBERUK 2018 nearly upon us, I thought I'd plug some of the...
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CYBERUK In Practice Track 4: Whole System Security

The NCSC's annual conference, CYBERUK 2018, is almost upon us. I'd like to...
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Cloudflare Launches Publicly DNS-Over-HTTPS Service

Clouldflare launches DNS-over-HTTPS service called 1.1.1.1 that it says will be a “privacy-first”...
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CYBERUK In Practice Track 1: Vulnerabilities and Bug Hunting

With CYBERUK In Practice fast approaching, I wanted to paint a picture of what you...
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Bad Microsoft Meltdown Patch Made Some Windows Systems Less Secure

Researcher finds Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday release included a fix for the Intel...
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Manchester will be hosting our biggest CYBERUK yet

CYBERUK provides an important opportunity for the NCSC to facilitate a national conversation...
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Facebook Cracks Down On Data Misuse With Expanded Bug Bounty Program

Facebook announced that in the coming weeks it will expand its bug bounty...
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GoScanSSH Malware Targets SSH Servers, But Avoids Military and .GOV Systems

Researchers identify a new malware family called GoScanSSH that avoids servers linked to...
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Mozilla Tests DNS over HTTPS: Meets Some Privacy Pushback

Mozilla is testing a method of securing DNS traffic via HTTPS, but is...
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Zuckerberg Breaks Silence: ‘We Made Mistakes’ Regarding Cambridge Analytica Debacle

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence on the Cambridge Analytica scandal that...
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Orbitz Warns 880,000 Payment Cards Suspected Stolen

Orbitz said Tuesday a breach of both its consumer and partner platform...
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Telegram Ordered to Hand Over Encryption Keys to Russian Authorities

Popular secure messaging service Telegram loses battle with Russian courts and now must...
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Programs Controlling ICS Robotics Are ‘Wide Open’ to Vulnerabilities

Dewan Chowdhury, founder of MalCrawler, talks at SAS about the risks that companies...
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Facebook Data Privacy Policies Bashed By Critics After Cambridge Analytica Incident

Facebook is in hot water after acknowledging that a consulting group – that...
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Denial of Service guidance

Denial of Service attacks are one of the modern cyber criminal's favourite tools,...
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GandCrab Ransomware Crooks Take Agile Development Approach

Despite setbacks hackers behind GandCrab malware are pushing ahead with lucrative new ransomware...
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New Web-Based Malware Distribution Channel ‘BlackTDS’ Surfaces

Researchers highlight a privately held traffic distribution system tool for malware called BlackTDS...
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Table view of principles and related guidance

This page is intended as a handy summary of the 14 NIS principles and...
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Microsoft Patches 15 Critical Bugs in March Patch Tuesday Update

Products receiving the most patches included Microsoft browsers and browser-related technologies such as...
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TLS 1.3: better for individuals – harder for enterprises

The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol was first introduced in 1994 by Netscape....