NCSC: Mitigating malware and ransomware attacks

guest · Feb 26, 2020

Mitigating malware and ransomware attacks
How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks
February 13, 2020
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware-and-ransomware-attacks

This guidance helps private and public sector organisations deal with the effects of malware (which includes ransomware). It recommends steps to take before a malware infection has occurred, but also suggests steps to take if you're already infected.

If you've already been infected with malware, please refer to our list of urgent steps to take
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Following this guidance will reduce:

the likelihood of becoming infected

the spread of malware throughout your organisation

the impact of the infection

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guest · Feb 26, 2020

Updating our malware & ransomware guidance
Here's what's changed in the NCSC's guidance on mitigating malware and ransomware
February 26, 2020
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/updating-malware-ransomware-guidance

We recently updated our mitigating malware guidance; it's now called Mitigating malware and ransomware attacks. We also took the opportunity to retire our standalone ransomware guidance. This blog post explains what we changed, and why we did it.
Two becomes one...
Having two separate pieces of guidance was confusing for some of our customers. Most of the ransomware content was the same in both pieces of guidance, but the malware guidance was slightly more up-to-date. So we have tried to make things easier by providing a single piece of guidance, with all the most up-to-date advice in one place.

Some people have already pointed out that since ransomware is a type of malware, saying 'malware AND ransomware attacks' isn't 100% accurate.
However, not everyone who visits our website knows that. Furthermore, they might well search for the term 'ransomware' (rather than 'malware') when they're in the grip of a live ransomware incident.
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guest · Sep 17, 2020

mood said: ↑

Updating our malware & ransomware guidance
Here's what's changed in the NCSC's guidance on mitigating malware and ransomware
February 26, 2020
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/updating-malware-ransomware-guidance
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Updated (September 11, 2020):

Update notice (11th September 2020)
Since the publication of this blog post, a new update (11th September 2020) has been made to the NCSC's 'Mitigating Malware and Ransomware attacks' guidance.

You can read the latest blog post here and the latest guidance is available here.
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NCSC: Malware & ransomware guidance: the reboot!

We've just published version 2.0 of the NCSC's guidance on Mitigating malware and ransomware.

February feels like a long time ago now, which is when we published our last update to this guidance. Over the last six months, we have witnessed an unprecedented change in the way we live and work, with more of our lives moving online. Consequently, the nature of cyber attacks (and the way in which they are conducted) has changed, with a growing threat from ransomware attacks.

This is why we have also included additional and updated references to resources, which will help you prepare and respond to malware attacks.
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