The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced that the UK has joined the US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand to share updated mitigation advice against Russian state-sponsored and criminal cyber threats.

The centre jointly publishes the advisory - an overview of Russian cyber threats to critical infrastructure and mitigation guidance for all organisations - with agencies based in the four western ally countries, as well as the UK’s National Crime Agency.

It said that it provides technical details on the threat to critical infrastructure from Russian state-sponsored and cyber criminals.

“In this period of heightened cyber threat, it has never been more important to plan and invest in longer-lasting security measures,” said Lindy Cameron, chief executive, NCSC. “It is vital that all organisations accelerate plans to raise their overall cyber resilience, particularly those defending our most critical assets.

“The NCSC continues to collaborate with our international and law enforcement partners to provide organisations with timely actionable advice to give them the best chance of preventing cyber attacks, wherever they come from.”

The NCSC said that the advisory also includes details on Russian-aligned cyber criminal groups, some of which have "recently pledged support for the Russian state and have threatened to conduct malicious operations in retaliation against countries providing support to Ukraine.".

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