Cyber alerts - NHS England Digital

Published Friday 11 August 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Symantec Releases Security Update

Symantec has released an update to address vulnerabilities in the Symantec Messaging Gateway. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system

CC-1519 Medium

Published Wednesday 12 July 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Adobe Releases Flash and Connect Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Connect. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-1506 Medium

Published Thursday 6 July 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Linuxs Systemd Vulnerable to Malicious DNS

The Systemd init system used by many popular Linux distributions has been found to be vulnerable to a memory corruption vulnerability which can be exploited by a malicious DNS server to perform remote code execution on a vulnerable device.

CC-1522 Medium

Published Thursday 13 July 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Perl 5 MySQL Interface Vulnerability

Perl 5 database interface for MySQL package (DBD::mysql) has received an important patch to address a vulnerability found in the encryption configuration.

CC-1156 Low

Published Thursday 9 February 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Charger - Zero-Day Mobile Ransomware

A new mobile ransomware has been discovered, hidden in an app called EnergyRescue on the Google Play store. Charger is a zero-day mobile ransomware application.

CC-1693 Low

Published Wednesday 11 October 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Microsoft Releases October 2017 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-1832 Low

Published Tuesday 5 December 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Mozilla Releases Security Update for Firefox

Mozilla has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox 57. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-1094 Low

Published Thursday 19 January 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

HummingBad Malware Infects 85m Android Devices

Security researchers have identified the Hummingbad malware as one of the most significant threats to businesses from Android mobile devices.

CC-1228 Medium

Published Thursday 2 March 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Venus Locker in disguise

Venus Locker Ransomware reportedly disguises itself with the new .exe file name Trump Locker.

CC-1638 Medium

Published Wednesday 13 September 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe RoboHelp, Flash Player, and ColdFusion. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities allows a remote attacker to take control of an affected system.