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NIS Directive – Cyber Assessment Framework

The implementation of the EU Security of Networks and Information Systems (NIS) Directive…

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CAF – Objective D

D1 Response and Recovery Planning Capabilities to minimise the impact of a cyber…

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CAF – Objective C

C1 Security Monitoring Capabilities to ensure security defences remain effective and to detect…

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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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