Cyber alerts - NHS England Digital

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

Juniper Firewall Update Opens Root Level Account

A vulnerability has been discovered within the update process in Juniper OS which allows an attacker to gain root access with no authentication.

CC-1126 Low

Published Tuesday 31 January 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Cisco WebEx Browser Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability identified in Cisco’s WebEx browser extension allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected browser on an affected system.

CC-1788 Medium

Published Thursday 16 November 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Volgmer: North Korean Backdoor Trojan

Volgmer is a backdoor trojan used by the North Korean government (also known as HIDDEN COBRA) since 2013 to provide covert access to a compromised system.

CC-1801 Low

Published Tuesday 21 November 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Symantec Releases Security Updates

Symantec has released an update to address a vulnerability in the Symantec Management Console. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CC-1738 Low

Published Tuesday 31 October 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Oracle Releases Security Bulletin

Oracle has released a security update bulletin to address a vulnerability in Oracle Identity Manager. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CC-1384 Medium

Published Thursday 4 May 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Shishiga - Linux Malware

Malware researchers discovered a new Linux malware called Shishiga targeting GNU/Linux systems with weak passwords.

CC-1322 Low

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

BrickerBot PDoS attack

BrickerBot is a Permanent Denial-of-Service (PDoS) cyber-attack that compromises IoT devices to permanently corrupt their storage.

CC-1305 Medium

Published Friday 7 April 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

W2KM_URSNIF.BYY Trojan Downloader Email Campaign

A recent email malware campaign is delivering a trojan downloader via a malicious attachment.

CC-1363 Low

Published Thursday 27 April 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

BankBot - Android Banking Malware

BankBot is an Android malware family which keeps making its way into the official Google Play store despite Google's efforts to remove it. The malware has been active since the beginning of the year.

CC-1245 Low

Published Wednesday 8 March 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Web Cache Deception Attack Uncovers New Attack Vector

A new attack vector has been identified to exploit a new vulnerability affecting many web caching systems.