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Insurance Customers’ Personal Data Exposed Due to Misconfigured NAS Server

The vulnerability also exposed login credentials for a massive national insurance claims database,…

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Gojdue Variant Eludes Microsoft, Google Cloud Protection, Researchers Say

Researchers have identified a new ransomware strain that went undetected by built-in malware…

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Hotspot Shield Vulnerability Could Reveal ‘Juicy’ Info About Users, Researcher Claims

Hotspot Shield has been downloaded more than 500 million times, according to its…

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Announcing the NCSC’s new Phishing Guidance

I’m delighted to announce the publication today of our new guidance, Phishing Attacks: Defending…

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Research into dealing with weak domain passwords

Update We are no longer looking for participants for this study, but we…

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Active Cyber Defence – one year on

In November 2016, just after the NCSC formally came into existence, and as…

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JenX Botnet Has Grand Theft Auto Hook

A GTA hosting site is offering powerful DDoS attacks for $20 a pop,…

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Crypto Miners May Be the ‘New Payload of Choice’ for Attackers

Crypto mining botnets provide a stealthy way to generate big bucks, without the…

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