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CyberUK 2017: People – The Strongest Link

Like many of my colleagues, I'm currently rushing around getting things ready for CyberUK...

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Open sourcing MailCheck

Picture credit: Paul Downey, Open Government License NCSC’s new London-based headquarters wasn’t the only...

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Parting (with our Browser Guidance) is such sweet sorrow

When we were getting the NCSC's new website ready, the question came up...

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Cyber Security Schools Programme

With the UK economy becoming increasingly digital, cyber security is central to national security and continues to play an important role in ensuring the UK is a safe place to do business. There is a critical need to increase the availability…

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Squirrels, Not Hackers, Pose Biggest Threat to Electric Grid

According to Marcus Sachs, CSO with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, doomsday fears of a cyberattack against the U.S. electric grid are overblown. Source: Infrastructure Security Squirrels, Not Hackers, Pose Biggest Threat…

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Probably the best cyber security event (in Liverpool in March…)

It is hard to believe that it was only 9 months ago that...

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Setting Expectations Between States on Cyberwar

A RSA Conference panel tackles the difficulty in defining cyberwar. Source: Infrastructure Security Setting Expectations Between States on Cyberwar

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Download the NCSC Advent Calendar Infographic

Throughout December, we've been tweeting definitions of cyber security terms. Our aim has...

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CyberFirst girls are brilliant

The CyberFirst Girls Competition was launched on 18 January and we have been inundated...

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Open Databases a Juicy Extortion Target

A sudden wave of attacks against insecure databases resulting in ransom demands points to wave of data hijacking attacks. Source: Cloud Security Open Databases a Juicy Extortion Target

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Which smartphone is the most secure?

When talking about end-user device security, one of the questions I hear most often...

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Debunking cloud security myths

In December, Nick Woodcraft from GDS asked the NCSC to join the Technology Leaders Network meeting on Software...

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Operational technologies

What would life be like without traffic lights, mass-produced food, energy at the...

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Firmware II: Status check

As we noted back in November, it’s common knowledge that keeping device software up...

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Please stop saying 'it depends'!

One of the things that I (and many other cyber security people)...

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Mozilla’s First Internet Health Report Tackles Security, Privacy

Mozilla released its first Internet Health Report, examining the dangers of over-sharing eroding privacy, and the security of connected devices. Source: Infrastructure Security Mozilla’s First Internet Health Report Tackles Security, Pri…

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Hadoop, CouchDB Next Targets in Wave of Database Attacks

Insecure Hadoop and CouchDB installations are the latest attack targets of cybercriminals who are hijacking and deleting stolen data. Source: Cloud Security Hadoop, CouchDB Next Targets in Wave of Database Attacks

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Carbanak Using Google Services for Command and Control

Carbanak has surfaced again with new campaigns using Google hosted services such as Forms and Sheets as command and control channels. Source: Cloud Security Carbanak Using Google Services for Command and Control

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BBC's Money Box Live: How safe is your password?

Helping people and businesses to stay safe online through safe and secure passwords...

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Backing up a bit

In mid-December, we received a comment from Richard via the 'Contact us' form on our...

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I'll make you an offer you can't refuse…

One of the terms we didn't include in our advent calendar of definitions was 'malvertising'....

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Box.com Plugs Account Data Leakage Flaw

Confidential documents and data belonging to Box.com users were accessible via search engine queries. Box.com has "fixed" the issue. Source: Cloud Security Box.com Plugs Account Data Leakage Flaw

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End User Device Security: Latest releases

We've just published our latest batch of End User Device Security guides. These...

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EUD Security Guidance: Android 7

This guidance is applicable to Android 7 devices configured in Device Owner (i.e. corporate liable)...

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Cisco Warns of Critical Flaw in CloudCenter Orchestrator Systems

Cisco is warning customers of a privilege escalation flaw in Cisco CloudCenter Orchestrator systems that could allow an attacker to gain root privileges on affected systems. Source: Cloud Security Cisco Warns of Critical Flaw in CloudCenter…