Cyber alerts - NHS England Digital

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

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Cisco has released several updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-2516 Low

Published Thursday 28 June 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

iOS Passcode Bypass Vulnerability

A security researcher has disclosed details of a vulnerability in iOS that allows a user to input more passcodes than the device should normally allow before locking.

CC-2720 Low

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

Microsoft Releases October 2018 Security Updates

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

CC-2730 Low

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

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CC-2187 Medium

Published Wednesday 28 March 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

AVCrypt Ransomware

AVCrypt is a new malware which may be a wiper or ransomware. AVCrypt has been observed targeting Anti Virus (AV) software.

CC-2355 Medium

Published Wednesday 9 May 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Kitty Cryptocurrency Miner

An advanced cryptocurrency miner called Kitty has been observed exploiting the Drupal remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-7600), better known as Drupalgeddon 2.0.

CC-2041 Low

Published Wednesday 14 February 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Experience Manager, Acrobat, and Reader. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-1889 Low

Published Wednesday 3 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vSphere Data Protection. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-2590 Low

Published Thursday 9 August 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

WPA2 Key Decryption Vulnerability

Xbash is a newly observed worm targeting exposed servers worldwide. Written in Python using code taken from the NotPetya malware.

CC-2637 Low

Published Wednesday 29 August 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Adobe Releases Security Update for Creative Cloud

Adobe has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition.