News

• Posted December 14, 2020
• Security Advisories

On 14 December 2020, SolarWinds released a security advisory detailing active exploitation of the SolarWinds Orion Platform versions 2019.4 to 2020.2.1, released between March 2020 and June 2020.

• Posted November 25, 2020
• Cyber Threat Reports
• Media Releases

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its  Cyber Threat Report [PDF, 1.4 MB]  for the 2019/20 reporting year.

• Posted September 30, 2020
• NZISM Updates

The New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) (external link) has released an update (v3.4), which includes: Chapter 16 - Access Control and Passwords.

• Posted September 21, 2020
• Technical Advisories
• Security Advisories

Critical security vulnerability CVE-2020-1472 was recently released by Microsoft. The NCSC strongly recommends that organisations read the advisory and take action as appropriate.

• Posted September 18, 2020
• Technical Advisories

The USA's National Security Agency (NSA) has released two cybersecurity information sheets (CSIs) with best practices to help government teleworkers and their systems administrators secure their networks and handle potential compromises.

• Posted September 16, 2020
• Technical Advisories

The USA's National Security Agency (NSA) has released a UEFI Secure Boot customisation technical report that provides detailed recommendations for customising Secure Boot to better protect against firmware exploitation.