Collaborate Disseminate
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed it had shut down more than 300,000 URLs that linked to investment scams in a four-month period. In a news bulletin published on August 14, NCSC warned users to be on the lookout for investment scams. M… Continue reading NCSC Shut Down 300K URLs Linked to Investment Scams in 4 Months
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, July 2020.The standout hack of July 2020, and possibly of the year, was the takeover of 45 celebrity Twit… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for August 2020
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning about the growing risks of sports organizations becoming valuable targets for ransomware attacks, phishing campaigns and Business Email Compromise (BEC). “We are urging sports … Continue reading UK National Cyber Security Centre Warns Sports Organizations of Ransomware and BEC attacks
If a crook is already inside your email, occasionally adding in believable emails of their own… how on earth do you spot the fake ones? Continue reading Sports team nearly paid a $1.25m transfer fee… to cybercrooks
In a recently released report by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), whose findings have been backed by Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the US NSA and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the agenc… Continue reading Biomedical orgs working on COVID-19 vaccines open to cyber attacks
The Russia-linked APT29 has set its sights on pharma research in Western nations in a likely attempt to get ahead on a cure for coronavirus. Continue reading Hackers Look to Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Research
The Russian government hacking group known as Cozy Bear or APT29 has been targeting coronavirus vaccine research, U.K., U.S., and Canadian government officials said Thursday morning. The hackers have been trying to breach programs in all three countries, the officials said in a security assessment issued by the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Agencies from the U.S. and Canada contributed to the effort. The hacking is aimed predominantly at “government, diplomatic, think-tank, healthcare and energy targets,” the NCSC said in the assessment. A senior official with the U.S. National Security Agency urged organizations to pay attention to the technical details in the document. “APT29 has a long history of targeting governmental, diplomatic, think-tank, healthcare and energy organizations for intelligence gain so we encourage everyone to take this threat seriously and apply the mitigations issued in the advisory,” NSA Cybersecurity Director Anne Neuberger said in a separate statement. State-backed hackers worldwide are interested in targeting research […]
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A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, June 2020.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a sophisticated nation-state actor is causi… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for July 2020
On April 21, UK government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) launched the highly anticipated Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) that allows Brits to report any phishing or suspicious emails they receive in their inboxes — inclu… Continue reading UK Cyber Security Watchdog Receives 1 Million Suspicious Email Reports in Just Two Months
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, May 2020.
EasyJet’s disclosure of a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack”, which occurred in January 2020, … Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for June 2020