National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Awareness Campaign

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has launched a new cyber security campaign encouraging the public to adopt six behaviors to stay safe online. The six Cyber Aware behaviors recommended by the NSCS are: 1. Use a separate password for your email 2. Create strong passwords...

NCSC Releases 2020 Annual Review

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released its Annual Review 2020, which focuses on its response to evolving and challenging cyber threats. Recognizing cybersecurity as a “team sport,” the publication includes highlights of NCSC’s collaboration with many partners,...

Critical MobileIron RCE Flaw Under Active Attack

Advanced persistent threat APT groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in mobile device management security solutions from MobileIron, a new advisory warns. The issue in question CVE-2020-15505 is a remote code-execution flaw. It ranks 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS severity scale, making it...

Vulnerabilities fixed in OpenLDAP

Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in OpenLDAP. The vulnerabilities allow an unauthenticated malicious person with network access to the OpenLDAP server is able to cause a denial-of-service on the OpenLDAP service. Exploit code is publicly available for both vulnerabilities. The operation of...

NCSC Releases Alert on Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an Alert to address a vulnerability—CVE-2020-16952—affecting Microsoft SharePoint server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Applying patches from Microsoft’s October 2020...

APT trends report Q2 2020

For more than three years, the Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity. The summaries are based on our threat intelligence research and provide a representative snapshot of what we have published and...

QSnatch Data-Stealing Malware Infected Over 62,000 QNAP NAS Devices

Cybersecurity agencies in the US and UK yesterday issued a joint advisory about a massive ongoing malware threat infecting Taiwanese company QNAP's network-attached storage NAS appliances. Called QSnatch or Derek, the data-stealing malware is said to have compromised 62,000 devices since reports...

CISA, DOE, and UK’s NCSC Issue Guidance on Protecting Industrial Control Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Department of Energy DOE, and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have released Cybersecurity Best Practices for Industrial Control Systems, an infographic providing recommended cybersecurity practices for industrial control...

NCSC Releases Advisory on Securing Internet-Connected Cameras

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an advisory on securing internet-connected cameras such as smart security cameras and baby monitors. An attacker could gain access to unsecured, or poorly secured, internet-connected cameras to obtain live feeds or images. The...

A week in security (January 13 – 19)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we taught you how to prevent a rootkit attack, explained what data enrichment means, informed you about new rules on deepfakes in the US, and demonstrated how backdoors in elastic servers expose private data. Other cybersecurity news An online group of cybersecurit...

NCSC-NZ Releases Cyber Governance Resource for Leaders

The New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NZ has released an article on a new cybersecurity governance resource to support public and private sector leaders in making decisions about their cybersecurity resilience and risk. NCSC-NZ developed this governance—a series of documents with...

NCSC-NZ Releases Annual Cyber Threat Report

The New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NZ has released their annual report detailing cyber threats and incidents affecting New Zealand from July 2018 to June 2019. During this period, NCSC-NZ recorded an increase in the severity of cybersecurity incidents—particularly from...

NCSC Releases 2019 Annual Review

The United Kingdom's UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released its Annual Review for 2019, which reports their work and key accomplishments from September 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. NCSC provides enhanced services to protect the UK against cybersecurity threats. The Cybersecurity and...

NSA and NCSC Release Joint Advisory on Turla Group Activity

The National Security Agency NSA and the United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have released a joint advisory on advanced persistent threat APT group Turla—widely reported to be Russian and also known as Snake, Uroburos, VENEMOUS BEAR, or Waterbug. The advisory provides an update to...

Vulnerabilities Exploited in Multiple VPN Applications

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an alert on advanced persistent threat APT actors exploiting vulnerabilities in Virtual Private Network VPN applications. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The...

NCSC Releases Fact Sheet on DNS Monitoring

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released a fact sheet on the increasing difficulty of Domain Name System DNS monitoring. NCSC warns that although modernization of transport protocols is helpful, it also makes it more difficult to monitor or modify DNS requests. These changes cou...

NCSC Releases UK Cyber Incident Trends Report

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released a report detailing cyber incident trends in the UK from October 2018 to April 2019. The report provides technical guidance on how to defend against, and recover from, the following cyber threats: ransomware, phishing,...

NCSC Releases 2019 Active Cyber Defence Report

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released their 2019 Active Cyber Defence ACD report, which provides an analysis of program outcomes throughout 2018. NCSC’s ACD program—stood up in 2016—seeks to reduce harm from commodity cyberattacks against the United Kingdom. The...

NCSC Releases Advisory on Ongoing DNS Hijacking Campaign

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an advisory about an ongoing Domain Name System DNS hijacking campaign. The advisory details risks and mitigations for organizations to defend against this campaign, in which attackers use compromised credentials to modify the...

NCSC Releases Advisory on Ryuk Ransomware

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an advisory, Ryuk Ransomware Targeting Organisations Globally, on their ongoing investigation into global Ryuk ransomware campaigns and associated Emotet and TrickBot malware. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen...