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MacOS LPE Exploit Gives Attackers Root Access

A researcher with the Twitter handle ‘Siguza’ published details of a macOS local...
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Forever 21 Says PoS Systems Exposed Customer Data for 8 Months

Fashion retailer updates disclosure on 2017 attack, says hackers targeted point-of-sale terminals that...
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VMware Issues 3 Critical Patches for vSphere Data Protection

VMware released three patches fixing critical vulnerabilities affecting its vSphere cloud computing virtualization...
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Leaky RootsWeb Server Exposes Some Ancestry.com User Data

Ancestry.com closes parts of its community-driven genealogy site RootsWeb as it investigates a...
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Mozilla Patches Critical Bug in Thunderbird

Mozilla has patched one critical vulnerability in its Thunderbird email client along with...
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Nissan Canada Finance Notifies 1.1 Million of Data Breach

Nissan Canada Finance notified 1.13 million customers on Thursday of a data breach...
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NCSC IT: Don’t leave your Windows open this Christmas

At this time of year, the people of Iceland traditionally place their best...
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Crooks Switch from Ransomware to Cryptocurrency Mining

The group behind the VenusLocker ransomware have switched to cryptocurrency mining Monero. ...
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CHM Help Files Deliver Brazilian Banking Trojan

Brazilian firms are the latest targets in a spam campaign delivering CHM help...
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Using passwords to protect your data

Your laptops, computers, tablets and smartphones will contain a lot of your own...
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Project Zero Chains Bugs for ‘aPAColypse Now’ Attack on Windows 10

Google’s Project Zero team dubs a new WPAD-related attack as an “aPAColypse Now”...
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U.S. Government Blames North Korea for WannaCry

The United States government is officially blaming North Korea for the WannaCry ransomware...
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Using TLS to protect data

This guidance outlines how to configure the services that must be able to...
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Triton Malware Targets Industrial Control Systems in Middle East

Malware intended for a “high-impact” attack against safety systems likely would of caused...
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Now published: the NCSC’s new guidance on risk management for cyber security

A few weeks ago, we said that we'd be publishing the first phase of our...
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Permissions Flaw Found Azure AD Connect

A permissions flaw in Microsoft’s Azure AD Connect software could allow a rogue...
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19-Year-Old TLS Vulnerability Weakens Modern Website Crypto

New research shows how an old vulnerability called ROBOT can be exploited using...
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Understanding system-driven risk management

This sections explains the core concepts involved in system-driven risk analyses, what value...
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Variety in risk information

Risk information is any information which can influence a decision. Some organisations have a tendency to...
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Introducing component-driven and system-driven risk assessments

This section outlines two different but complementary types of risk management. Click here...
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Get the basics right: risk management principles for cyber security

The NCSC's risk management guidance is aimed at a broad range of organisations,...
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Introduction to the risk management for cyber security guidance

This page introduces the intent behind the NCSC's risk management guidance, and how to best...
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The fundamentals of risk

This section focuses on the fundamental principles of risk management. Here, we won’t...
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Understanding component-driven risk management

Component-driven risk assessments are the most mature and common types of assessment within the...
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Microsoft December Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 34 Bugs

Microsoft patched 34 vulnerabilities in all on Tuesday with most of the bugs...
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New Spider Ransomware Comes With 96-Hour Deadline

A ransomware campaign targeting the Balkans comes with a 96-hour deadline and includes...
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Leftover Debugger Doubles as a Keylogger on Hundreds of HP Laptop Models

HP released an update that fixes debugger code that could allow an attacker...
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Plan for security flaws

All but the very simplest software is likely to contain bugs, some of...
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Secure the build and deployment pipeline

Continuous integration, delivery and deployment are modern approaches to the building, testing and...
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Continually test your security

Testing during software development is well recognised as good practice. It helps you...