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Cyber Security: Small Business Guide

If you’re a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) then there’s around a 1 in 2...
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CyberUK 2017 – The Countdown Begins

In just five weeks (14 – 16 March), the UK’s information security community...
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Security Industry Failing to Establish Trust

During the Virus Bulletin closing keynote, Brian Honan urged the security industry to...
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US Top Law Enforcement Calls Strong Encryption a ‘Serious Problem’

U.S. Deputy Attorney General and other top cyber policy makers warn the use...
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Cyber Security Body of Knowledge: scoping the knowledge areas

In Chris Ensor's blog 'Building the Cyber Security Body of Knowledge' he introduced the work being done in a project called the Cyber Security Body of Knowledge (CyBOK). At the time, the project was seeking contributions from the cyber security…
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Attackers changing tactics & objectives

Experts say threats are not only breaches, ransomware and IP theft, but a threat to a way of life.
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National Cyber Security Centre: One year on

I’m so proud to launch our annual review today, marking the first anniversary since the National Cyber Security Centre came into existence. I can’t quite believe it’s been a whole year. The review sets out what we’ve achieved, so…
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2013 Yahoo Breach Affected All 3 Billion Accounts

A massive breach of Yahoo’s systems in 2013 impacted every account in existence at the time.
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Windows Defender Bypass Tricks OS into Running Malicious Code

Researchers have developed a method for bypassing Windows Defender that will allow any malware to execute on a Windows machine.
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Brightening the outlook for security in the cloud

We've recently worked with a variety of teams across the public sector to help them decide whether to move the functions of their older IT systems into the cloud, or to upgrade the software and servers they're using. It's a question being asked…
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Deloitte: ‘Very Few Clients’ Impacted by Cyber Attack

The Guardian citing sources at the company, claims attackers may have had access to Deloitte’s systems since October 2016.
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Amazon S3 Again: Verizon Internal Credentials

Organisations continue to leak data through Amazon S3 with their lax attitudes toward data ownership & responsibility.
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Secure development and deployment

Today we are pleased to share with you an alpha draft of our secure development and deployment guidance. You may be wondering, 'who this is aimed at?' And 'why is it in alpha?' This blog post will answer those questions. Increased automation We…
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Modernising Windows 10 Management

Deploying an array of devices has many benefits for end users - choice of device and platform are obvious wins. But, having to manage multiple infrastructures can seriously add to the workload of IT Admins. It may not be a panacea, but Windows…
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Air-Gapped Networks via CCTV Steal Data

Attackers can use surveillance cameras and infrared for bi-directional covert comms between the internal networks of organisations.
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Cyber Security meet Engineering, Engineering meet Cyber Security…

Reading this year’s 'State Of The Nation' report (PDF),  it struck me that civil engineering, like many kinds of engineering, is driven by the fundamental vision to make peoples’ lives better. New digital technologies help this…
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Artificial Intelligence Improves Password Guessing

Artificial intelligence is creeping into information security, one unexpected application has emerged. Passwords.
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Cloud-Focused Firms Earn High Marks for Security

Companies pushing the cloud envelope are most likely to run safer cleaner code.
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iOS 11 Update includes Patches for Eight Vulnerabilities

iOS 11 is out today with a new look and feel on the iPad. The release comes with eight patches for Apple iOS vulnerabilities.
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Attackers use MS Office to Leak System Profile Data

The exploit affects Windows, iOS and Android. Spear phishing campaigns with the attachments are groundwork for future attacks.
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Improving email security

Today we've added new guidance to our website, advising on two aspects of email security:...
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VMware Patches Bug That Allows Guest to Execute Code on Host

VMware users are being encouraged to update due to a write vulnerability.
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Email security and anti-spoofing

This guidance is intended to help you secure your organisation's email in two...
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Thousands of Servers Host Point-of-Sale Malware

15,000 insecure Elasticsearch servers with 4,000 hosting the Point-of-Sale malware strains Alina and JackPoS.
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Zerodium Offering $1M for Tor Browser Zero Days

The company said it will pay up to $1 million for fully functional, unknown zero day exploits for Tor Browser.
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Microsoft Patches .NET Vulnerability in September Update

.NET framework vulnerability allows attackers to “take control of an affected system.”
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Popular D-Link Router Riddled with Vulnerabilities

Bugs found in D-Link’s DIR-850L wireless AC1200 dual-band gigabit cloud routers which can be hijacked and taken control of.
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Android Vulnerable to ‘High-Severity’ Overlay Attacks

Nearly all Android users should take action today and apply updates that are available to address this vulnerability.
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Equifax Says Breach Affects 143 Million People

Attackers accessed Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers.
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Programming Error is source of Microsoft Kernel Bug

Windows kernel flaw has been present since Windows 2000, and is on Windows 10.