NCSC joins US authorities to expose Russian brute force campaign

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), alongside US partners including the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have... Read more »

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launches ransomware assessment tool

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the United States’ counterpart of Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has added a ransomware readiness assessment (RRA) module to its Cyber Security... Read more »

Cyber espionage campaign targeted central Asian states

The governments of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have all been targeted by a Chinese-state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group, dubbed IndigoZebra, according to intelligence produced by Check Point Research... Read more »

NHS IT fraudster Barry Stannard sentenced to five years in prison

Fraudster Barry Stannard, a former IT manager from Essex, has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison after cheating the NHS and Her Majesty’s Revenue and... Read more »

Nominations open for 2021 Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards

Cyber security public relations specialist Eskenzi PR has opened nominations for the sixth edition of its now annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards, scheduled to return as a face-to-face,... Read more »

Half of mobile phones sold in the UK at risk of security issues

Up to half of UK consumers buying new mobile devices, whether direct from their network provider, the device manufacturer, or through a third-party retailer, could be putting themselves at... Read more »

REvil affiliates offer hefty ransom discounts, data reveals

The REvil, or Sodinokibi, ransomware crew and its affiliates appear to have aggressively ramped up their attacks in June 2021, according to data obtained by LeMagIT, Computer Weekly’s French... Read more »

LinkedIn denies exposure of 700 million user records is a data breach

LinkedIn has forcefully denied the exposure of data relating to 700 million users of its workplace networking platform – over 90% of its total user base – which has... Read more »

Cops seize criminal VPN used by ransomware gangs

The DoubleVPN virtual private network (VPN) service has been forced offline and servers seized in a coordinated law enforcement operation against the service, which is accused of providing a... Read more »

12 official practice questions for the CCNA 200-301 exam

Cisco finalized the transformation of its Cisco Certified Network Associate, or CCNA, certification track in February 2020, introducing more drastic changes than the certifications had seen before. With the... Read more »
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