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SamSam Ransomware Evolves Tactics: Targeting Whole Companies

The gang behind the Atlanta city shutdown and other attacks is selecting victims…

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Behaviour and conduct at CYBERUK 2018: how did we do?

I still can’t believe CYBERUK 2018 is over – after so much hard…

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Rubella Crimeware Kit: Cheap, Easy and Gaining Traction

Taking a “dirty deeds done dirt cheap” approach, the kit generates an initial…

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Improving authentication across the UK

At the NCSC we hear about huge numbers of new technologies that are…

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Europol Smacks Down World’s Largest DDoS-for-Hire Market

Webstresser[.]org, a DDoS-for-hire market believed to be behind at least 4 million cyberattacks…

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Researchers Hacked Amazon’s Alexa to Spy On Users, Again

Researchers discovered a flaw in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant that enabled them to…

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CyBOK – release of the first Knowledge Areas

Work on the new Cyber Security Body of Knowledge is starting to gather…

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What’s new in Windows Fall Creators Update (1709)?

Our newly published EUD guidance for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709) takes advantage of…

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EUD Security Guidance: Windows 10 – 1709

About this guidance This guidance has been updated to cover the 1709 “Fall…

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IoT Security Concerns Peaking – With No End In Sight

Despite numerous talks about IoT vulnerabilities at RSAC this week, a clear resolution on…

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