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CC-2066 Medium

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

BlackRuby Ransomware

BlackRuby is a newly observed ransomware tool that installs a cryptocurrency mining programme alongside the encryption routine.

CC-1929 Medium

Published Thursday 11 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Jadtre Trojan

Jadtre (also known as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Jadtre.A) is a trojan used in phishing campaigns, included in freeware, infects further machines through its own internal wormable features and through previously infected removable files.

CC-2770 Low

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

Roche Point-of-Care Handheld Medical Device Vulnerabilities

Roche have released details of several security affecting their Point-of-Care handheld medical devices.

CC-2669 Low

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

Alpine Linux RCE Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Alpine Linux distribution, commonly used with the popular Docker containerisation software, has been disclosed by a security researcher.

CC-2638 Low

Published Wednesday 5 September 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Zusy Spyware Trojan

First observed in 2016, Zusy is a spyware trojan that uses Microsoft Office cursor hover actions to infect targeted devices.

CC-2382 Low

Published Tuesday 15 May 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Adobe Releases Security Updates

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

CC-2438 Low

Published Wednesday 30 May 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 67.0.3396.62 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that a remote attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system.

CC-2280 Low

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

Microsoft Outlook Preview Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the way the Microsoft Outlook email application handles attachment previews could allow an attacker to execute malicious code without interacting with the user.

CC-2572 Low

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

SegmentSmack & FragmentSmack Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

Security researchers have discovered two vulnerabilities, known as SegmentSmack and FragmentSmack, in the Linux kernel.

CC-2729 Medium

Published Tuesday 16 October 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Shellbot Remote Access Trojan

Remote access trojan primarily used as a backdoor and downloader for other malware.