Cyber alerts - NHS England Digital

Published Wednesday 24 October 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox

Mozilla has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-2719 Low

Published Wednesday 10 October 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

VMware Releases Security Advisory

VMware has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition.

CC-2802 Medium

Published Wednesday 21 November 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Cisco Expressway Restricted Call Exploit

A new attack methodology has been identified leveraging a Cisco Expressway and TelePresence denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2018-0358).

CC-2016 Medium

Published Wednesday 7 February 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

AutoSploit Automated Exploit Tool

AutoSploit is a Python-based automated tool for exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-connected devices using two popular penetration testing tools, Shodan and Metasploit.

CC-2277 Medium

Published Thursday 19 April 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Intel Serial Peripheral Interface Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Intel's Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) may allow an attacker to edit or block BIOS/UEFI updates or erase firmware.

CC-2293 Low

Published Wednesday 25 April 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Spartacus Ransomware

Spartacus is a newly observed ransomware tool.

CC-2163 Low

Published Thursday 22 March 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

BlackTDS Malware Distribution System

A new traffic distribution system (TDS) for Malware-as-a-Service has been found on the Dark Web , promoting itself as an affordable way to deploy exploit kits and malware.

CC-2568 Medium

Published Monday 6 August 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Gorgon Group APT

Gorgon Group is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group that has conducted targeted attacks against government organisations in the United Kingdom and other nations since February 2018.

CC-2417 Low

Published Thursday 24 May 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Brain Food Botnet

A recently observed botnet called Brain Food is being used to operate a malvertising email campaign to redirect users to compromised websites.

CC-2689 Low

Published Wednesday 26 September 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Ngrok Mining Botnet

Ngrok is a newly observed campaign that is targeting exposed servers to enrol them into a cryptocurrency mining botnet.