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Firefox, Chrome Patch Vulnerabilities, Add Security Features

Dueling browsers, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, have patched bugs and beefed up...
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Skype, Slack and Signal Vulnerable to Critical Framework Bug

The team behind the popular open-source framework Electron warns a remote code execution...
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Intel Halts Spectre/Meltdown Patching for Broadwell and Haswell Systems

Widespread reports of reboot issues on some Intel systems force the chip giant...
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Introduction to identity and access management

Introduction If identity and access management procedures and controls are badly designed or...
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CYBERUK 2018

Registration is now open for the NCSC's flagship annual cyber security conference, which will...
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Hacker Infects Gas Pumps with Code to Cheat Customers

Russian authorities have broken up a crime ring involving a hacker and willing...
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OnePlus Confirms Credit Card Breach Impacted Up to 40,000 Customers

The breach is the latest piece of bad publicity for the popular Chinese...
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New Dridex Variant Emerges With An FTP Twist

A recently discovered Dridex campaign had a few peculiar characteristics, including the use...
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Apple Preps ChaiOS iMessage Bug Fix, Report

A so-called ‘text bomb’ flaw in Apple’s iPhone and Mac computers that...
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Sprawling Mobile Espionage Campaign Targets Android Devices

A massive mobile espionage campaign has been collecting troves of sensitive personal information...
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Intel Says Firmware Fixes for Spectre and Meltdown Affecting Newer Chips

Intel says its firmware updates for Meltdown and Spectre are causing additional reboots...
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Attackers Use Microsoft Office Vulnerabilities to Spread Zyklon Malware

Hackers are exploiting three Microsoft Office vulnerabilities to spread the Zyklon HTTP malware...
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Oracle Ships 237 Fixes in Latest Critical Patch Update

Enterprise applications from Oracle and others could be becoming juicier targets for attackers....
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Potent Skygofree Malware Packs ‘Never-Before-Seen’ Features

Researchers have discovered Android malware with spy capabilities never seen before such as...
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Google Chrome Once Again Target of Malicious Extensions

Researchers at network security vendor ICEBRG recently discovered four malicious extensions in the...
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It’s back! The CyberFirst Girls Competition 2018

I think it’s fair to say I did not expect to be running...
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Lenovo Patches Networking OS Vulnerability Dating Back to 2004

A bug in Lenovo’s Enterprise Networking Operating System could allow an attacker to...
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Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute

Researchers say an unprotected Management Engine BIOS Extension can allow an attacker the...
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Apps Exposing Children to Porn Ads Booted From Google Play

Researchers identified 60 apps on Google Play infected with AdultSwine malware that in...
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WhatsApp Downplays Damage of a Group Invite Bug

WhatsApp said that claims that infiltrators can add themselves to an encrypted group...
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Microsoft January Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 16 Critical Bugs

Thanks to Meltdown and Spectre, January has already been an extremely busy month...
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Anti-Virus Updates Required Ahead of Microsoft’s Meltdown, Spectre Patches

Microsoft is pausing the rollout of Windows Meltdown and Spectre patches until hosted...
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NCSC IT: how the NCSC chose its cloud services

So far in the series discussing how the NCSC built its IT we’ve talked about...
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Apple Releases Spectre Patches for Safari, macOS and iOS

Apple releases patches addressing the Spectre vulnerability impacting its macOS, iPhone, iPad and...
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Experts Weigh In On Spectre Patch Challenges

Mitigating Spectre and Meltdown flaws won't be easy, but experts say exploits targeting...
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Google Play Removes 22 Malicious ‘LightsOut’ Apps From Marketplace

Google removed 22 malicious adware apps ranging from flashlights, call recorders to wifi...
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Announcing the CyberFirst Girls Competition

  The NCSC - as part of GCHQ - are working hard to...
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Download the latest NCSC Glossary infographic

Throughout December we tweeted out some new additions to the NCSC glossary. Our...
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Vendors Share Patch Updates on Spectre and Meltdown Mitigation Efforts

Intel, Amazon, ARM, Microsoft and others have shared patch updates to keep customers...
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Intel In Security Hot Seat Over Serious CPU Design Flaw

Intel is grappling with a processor design flaw impacting CPUs used in Linux,...