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Cyber Security Roundup for December 2020
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, November 2020.Manchester United FC remains impacted by a seemly major ...
The Multi-Million Pound Manchester United Hack
Earlier this year I wrote a blog post about the Manchester City Billion Pound Hack, which explored cyberattacks within elite football. Now it is the turn of City big rivals Manchester United, ...
Cyber Security Roundup for November 2020
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, October 2020.London's Hackney Borough Council has been tight-lipped about "a ...
NCSC Warns Admins Not to Disable Updates to Keep Flash Alive in 2021
A dire warning came from UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), advising IT administrators not to disable the update mechanism to keep Adobe Flash past its end-of-life date, set for the end ...
Cyber Security Roundup for October 2020
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, September 2020.COVID-19 wasn't the only virus seriously disrupting the start ...
Cyber Security Roundup for September 2020
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, August 2020.Taking security training courses and passing certification exams are ...
NCSC Blocks Large Fake Celebrity-Endorsed Investment Scam
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) from the UK has removed more than 300,000 URLs linked to ‘quick-get-rich’ frauds that used fake articles from personalities to trick people into sending money to ...
NCSC Shut Down 300K URLs Linked to Investment Scams in 4 Months
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed it had shut down more than 300,000 URLs that linked to investment scams in a four-month period. In a news bulletin published on August 14, ...
Cyber Security Roundup for August 2020
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, July 2020.The standout hack of July 2020, and possibly of ...
UK National Cyber Security Centre Warns Sports Organizations of Ransomware and BEC attacks
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning about the growing risks of sports organizations becoming valuable targets for ransomware attacks, phishing campaigns and Business Email Compromise (BEC). “We are ...
