Something to Read When You Are On Call and Everyone Else is at the Office Party
Summary: Richard Horne, the new head of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, said there is a clearly widening gap between the threat and our exposure to it and the defences in place to protect us. The newsletter also notes that cybercriminals are increasingly compromising consumer and IoT devices to build proxy networks that mask malicious traffic, and that Russia arrested Mikhail Matveev, wanted in the US over alleged LockBit, Hive and Babuk ransomware attacks.
Key Takeaway: The NCSC's own chief says defences are falling behind exposure, and the budget holders who could close that gap are the audience security teams struggle most to reach. Meanwhile, every compromised consumer or IoT device recruited as a proxy is a hop that makes attribution harder for the team on call.
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