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Sophos Incident Response achieves NCSC Certified Incident Response (CIR) Level 2 status

May 14, 2024 admin cir, Featured, Incident Response, ncsc, products & services, sophos ir

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 07:00:35 +0000

I am delighted to announce that the Sophos Incident Response service has been awarded U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Incident Response (CIR) Level 2 status by CREST. This assurance confirms that amid the sophisticated cybersecurity threat landscape, Sophos has the experience and capabilities to deal with incidents caused by financially motivated criminals, such […]

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Ransomware attack hits ANOTHER school

March 16, 2023 admin national cyber security centre, ncsc, news, ransomware, ransomware attack, vice society, wymondham college

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Wymondham College

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Wymondham College is operating as normal, with a few expected distruptions that may be minimal but lasting.

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Pegasus spyware found on UK government office phone

April 21, 2022 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, citizen lab, john scott-railton, lock and code podcast, maestro, national cyber security centre, ncsc, New Yorker, nso group, Pegasus, princess haya, privacy, sheikh mohammed bin rashid al-maktoum, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:32:28 +0000

The NSO Group’s flagship spyware was found on a device in 10 Downing Street’s network.

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CISA warns of cyberespionage by Iranian APT “MuddyWater”

February 25, 2022 admin APT, awareness, cisa, csa, cybersecurity advisory, earth vetala, FBI, iranian apt, mercury, mfa, muddywater, ncsc, NSA, phishing, seedworm, static kitten, temp.zargos

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:54:27 +0000

Cybersecurity agencies in the US and UK have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) on MuddyWater, an Iranian APT.

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Cyclops Blink malware: US and UK authorities issue alert

February 24, 2022 admin cisa, cyclops blink, IOC, ncsc, NotPetya, sandworm, threat spotlight, ttp, Ukraine, VPNFilter, watchguard

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:38:34 +0000

US and UK authorities have attributed the newly found malware Cyclops Blink to the Russian state-sponsored Sandworm group.

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Report: Organizations remain vulnerable to increasing insider threats

December 5, 2019 admin awareness, Carnegie Mellon University, cert insider threat center, cybersecurity insiders, defense counterintelligence and security agency, Department of Homeland Security, espionage, fraud, gurucul, insider threats, malicious insider, mitigate insider threats, national counterintelligence and security center, national insider threat awareness month, national insider threat task force, ncsc, nittf, office of the under secretary of defense, Paige A. Thompson, scope of insider threat, sei, software engineering institute, types of insiders, william evanina, workplace violence

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The risk and challenges insider threats pose to organizations are ever present, even before tech as we know it existed. The age of digitization only made it higher and far-reaching. How has insider threats evolved over time? Where are we now in terms of mitigating insider threat risk? Are businesses really doing something about it? We answer such questions—and more—in this post.

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Tags: Carnegie Mellon University cert insider threat center Cybersecurity Insiders Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Department of Homeland Security espionage fraud Gurucul insider threats malicious insider mitigate insider threats National Counterintelligence and Security Center national insider threat awareness month National Insider Threat Task Force NCSC NITTF Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Paige A. Thompson scope of insider threat SEI Software Engineering Institute types of insiders William Evanina workplace violence

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A week in security (September 30 – October 6)

October 7, 2019 admin a week in security, Adwind RAT, APT, cobalt, consumer behavior study, daas, disinformation-as-a-service, domestic violence awareness month, ghostcat-3pc, google alert, Hyas, insikt group, magecart group 4, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, national cyber security centre, national cybersecurity awareness month, ncsam, ncsc, odt, opendocument text, ransomware, robocall, scams in ads, security orchestration, security research labs, simjacking, sms-based attacks, srlabs, stalkerware, the media trust, vpn vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:43:53 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of September 30 – October 6, including National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Magecart, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: Adwind RAT APT Cobalt consumer behavior study DaaS disinformation-as-a-service domestic violence awareness month GhostCat-3PC Google Alert HYAS Insikt Group Magecart Group 4 Microsoft Office microsoft word National Cyber Security Centre national cybersecurity awareness month NCSAM NCSC ODT OpenDocument Text ransomware robocall scams in ads security orchestration Security Research Labs simjacking SMS-based attacks SRLabs stalkerware The Media Trust VPN vulnerabilities

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