National Cyber Awareness System: NCSC Releases UK Cyber Incident Trends Report

Original release date: September 4, 2019
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, vulnerability scanning, and attacks targeting supply chain and Office 365 cloud services.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages administrators to review the NCSC report and the following CISA resources for more information on improving cybersecurity posture:

• Ransomware page
• Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
• Securing Network Infrastructure Devices
• APTs Targeting IT Service Provider Customers
• Microsoft Office 365 Security Observations