Joint security guidance offered to data centre operators and users – NCSC News
New guidance from the NCSC and CPNI sets out a holistic security strategy for data centres to keep the UK’s online assets secure. – Read More
Cyber
Crooks Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Customers – Krebs on Security
AT&T Corp. disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. AT&T said…
The Stark Truth Behind the Resurgence of Russia’s Fin7 – Krebs on Security
The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “Fin7,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year…
NCSC Chief Engineer recognised in prestigious Women in Engineering awards – NCSC News
The NCSC’s Chief Engineer has been named as one of the top 50 Women in Engineering at a prestigious awards ceremony. – Read More
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2024 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug at least 139 security holes in various flavors of Windows and other Microsoft products. Redmond says attackers are already exploiting at least…
The NCSC and partners issue alert about evolving techniques used by China state-sponsored cyber attackers – NCSC News
APT40 is one of the cyber actors that has embraced the trend of using SoHo devices to launch attacks – Read More
The Not-So-Secret Network Access Broker x999xx – Krebs on Security
Most accomplished cybercriminals go out of their way to separate their real names from their hacker handles. But among certain old-school Russian hackers it is not uncommon to find major…
NCSC statement following reports of a Synnovis data breach – NCSC News
The NCSC has published advice on protecting yourself against the impact of data breaches. – Read More
KrebsOnSecurity Threatened with Defamation Lawsuit Over Fake Radaris CEO – Krebs on Security
On March 8, 2024, KrebsOnSecurity published a deep dive on the consumer data broker Radaris, showing how the original owners are two men in Massachusetts who operated multiple Russian language…
Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested – Krebs on Security
A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp,…
Patch Tuesday, June 2024 “Recall” Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, a relatively light Patch Tuesday this month for Windows users. The software giant also…
Raising the cyber resilience of software ‘at scale’ – NCSC Blog
New ‘Code of Practice for Software Vendors’ will ensure that security is fundamental to developing and distributing products and services. – Read More
‘Operation Endgame’ Hits Malware Delivery Platforms – Krebs on Security
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware.…
Offline backups in an online world – NCSC Blog
How to protect your backups that are stored in the public cloud. – Read More
The threat from commercial cyber proliferation – NCSC Threats
Report informing readers about the threat to UK industry and society from commercial cyber tools and services. – Read More