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The festive season is upon us, and for Brits of a technical bent that means it’s time for the GCHQ Christmas Challenge. Sent out annually as part of the Christmas …read more Continue reading Pit Your Wits Against British Spooks
The full speech is available at the RUSI Annual Security Lecture.
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The head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned that ransomware has become the biggest threat to British people and businesses. And says ransomware gangs “are often enabled and facilitated by states acting with impunity.”
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Google will soon enroll users into multi-factor authentication by default, the technology giant said on Thursday. In a blog post commemorating World Password Day, the company announced the move to make users sign in via a second step after entering a password, such as a phone app. “Today we ask people who have enrolled in two-step verification (2SV) to confirm it’s really them with a simple tap via a Google prompt on their phone whenever they sign in. Soon we’ll start automatically enrolling users in 2SV if their accounts are appropriately configured,” wrote Mark Risher, director of product management, identity and user security. “Using their mobile device to sign in gives people a safer and more secure authentication experience than passwords alone.” While multi-factor authentication isn’t entirely foolproof, and users will be allowed to opt out, Google’s embrace of automatically enrollment could be a big security boon. Microsoft said its […]
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In today’s modern Internet-connected World hundreds of thousands of users continue joining the Internet on a first-time basis potentially getting themselves exposed to a multi-tude of malicious software spam and phishing attacks including active partic… Continue reading Cyber Threats Facing U.K’s Internet-Connected Infrastructure – An OSINT Analysis
Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to make a quick compilation of underground chatter including references of my research courtesy of high-profile cybercriminals internationally with the idea to raise awareness on their existence and to provoke more resear… Continue reading From “The Underground” With Love – A Compilation of Cybercrime Underground Chatter Referencing My Research
Dear blog readers,Welcome to 2021. I’ve decided to share my primary contact points for 2021 in a separate post with the idea to allow everyone to add me as a contact or actually send me an instant message or an email regarding possible inquiry about so… Continue reading Dancho Danchev’s Primary Contact Points – 2021
Dear blog readers,I wanted to let everyone know that I’ve just made all of my Medium account articles currently available in multiple offline E-book formats available online for free which you can grab from here.Topics covered include:- U.S and U.K In… Continue reading Dancho Danchev’s Security Research Compilation at his Medium Account – Official E-Book Compilation
The U.K. has drummed up an offensive cyber-operations unit dedicated to disrupting British adversaries in cyberspace, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday. The unit, known as the National Cyber Force (NCF), is capable of launching targeted campaigns against adversaries, from those that interfere with terrorists’ communications devices and cellphones to those that support British military operations, according to the announcement. The British government has been developing the force for approximately two years. The NCF, which is expected to grow to 3,000 strong in the coming years, consists of personnel from the country’s signals intelligence agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), as well as the Ministry of Defense, the country’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. The force, which operates alongside GCHQ’s defensive cyber unit — the National Cyber Security Centre — currently only has a couple hundred staff. The announcement coincides with efforts from British […]
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The United Kingdom’s equivalent of the National Security Agency is actively trying to disrupt Russian attempts to cast doubt about attempts to develop a reliable coronavirus vaccine, the Times of London reported early Monday. The U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is using digital tools originally developed to tackle online propaganda and recruitment material from the Islamic State, sources told the newspaper. GCHQ declined to confirm or deny the existence of the cyber-operation, the Times said. “GCHQ has been told to take out antivaxers online and on social media,” a government source told The Times. “There are ways they have used to monitor and disrupt terrorist propaganda.” The sources who spoke to the Times noted the GCHQ operation only has the authority to disrupt information “from state adversaries,” and not information posted online by ordinary people. It’s unclear whether the U.S. government is mounting similar campaigns against foreign disinformation related to […]
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