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April 2017

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-1369 Low

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

Adobe Releases Security Updates for ColdFusion

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in ColdFusion versions 10, 11 and the 2016 release.

CC-1365 Low

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

DDoS Botnet Controlled by Tweets

A malware author has created a new DDoS botnet that is capable of being controlled by tweets that are specially coded to provide instructions to the botnet.

CC-1367 Low

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

IBM Releases Security Update

IBM has released a security update to address a vulnerability in IBM Domino server IMAP EXAMINE. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system

CC-1362 Low

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

Phishing Attack Exploiting Flaw In Browsers

Security researchers have discovered a phishing attack exploiting a known vulnerability in the Chrome, Firefox and Opera web browsers to display their fake domain names as the authentic websites.

CC-1368 Low

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

Portrait Displays Releases Security Updates

Portrait Displays have released patches for vulnerabilities found in pre-installed applications. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to take control of an affected system.

CC-1370 Medium

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

Ramnit Trojan

Ramnit is a polymorphic banking trojan and backdoor malware that targets financial, engineering and government organisations globally.

CC-1366 Low

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

Microsoft Edge Vulnerability allows Cookie and Password Theft

It's been discovered that an attacker is able to load and execute malicious code on high prolific sites such as social media. Social engineering techniques are used to persuade a user to click on the malicious link.

CC-1354 Medium

Published Tuesday 25 April 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

DoublePulsar Backdoor

The Shadow Brokers advanced persistent threat group are well known for auctioning off stolen dumps of exploits, implants and tools reportedly obtained from the NSA.

CC-1351 Medium

Published Tuesday 25 April 2017 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

MilkyDoor Android Trojan Accesses Corporate Networks

It’s been discovered that the MilkyDoor trojan, similar to DressCode, has been disguised as recreational applications in the Google Play store.