Cyber alerts - NHS England Digital

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

Gamaredon Group - New Toolset

Security researchers have discovered that the Gameredon Group are using a new, custom developed toolset rather than commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

CC-1555 Low

Published Wednesday 2 August 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

IoT Devices Fuel DDoS Attacks

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are increasingly being compromised and used to execute Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

CC-1824 Low

Published Thursday 30 November 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its WebEx Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (ARF) and WebEx Recording Format (WRF) files.

CC-1496 Low

Published Thursday 29 June 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Android Spy

Security researchers identified an Android Trojan (RAT) using the messaging service ‘Telegram’ protocol. Cybercriminals can steal confidential information if installed and executed on a device.

CC-1681 Low

Published Thursday 5 October 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Apache Releases Security Updates for Apache Tomcat

The Apache Software Foundation has released Apache Tomcat 9.0.1 and 8.5.23 to address a vulnerability in previous versions of the software. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected server.

CC-1734 Low

Published Friday 27 October 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 62.0.3202.75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses a vulnerability that an attacker could exploit to cause a denial-of-service condition.

CC-1531 Medium

Published Thursday 20 July 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

ShellBind exploits SambaCry vulnerability

Security researchers have discovered a new strain of malware called ShellBind which exploits the vulnerability, dubbed SambaCry in Samba (CVE-2017-7494), the open-source implementation of Server Message Block (SMB).

CC-1541 Medium

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

IBM Cisco Security Update

IBM has released a security update to address some vulnerabilities in its IBM Cisco MDS Series Switches Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) software.

CC-1874 Low

Published Thursday 21 December 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 63.0.3239.108 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses a vulnerability that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system.

CC-1412 Medium

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

Apple Releases Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.