Cyber alerts

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January 2018

CC-1980 Low

Published Wednesday 31 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

RATANKBA RAT

RATANKBA is a remote-access trojan (RAT) believed to have been created by the Lazarus Group advanced persistent threat, also known as HIDDEN COBRA and the Guardians of Peace.

CC-2006 Medium

Published Wednesday 31 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

RGDoor Backdoor

A new backdoor has been discovered that targets Internet Information Services (IIS) servers, allowing an attacker to compromise a web server.

CC-2001 Low

Published Wednesday 31 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 6 September 2021)

Mozilla Releases Security Update for Firefox

Mozilla has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Firefox. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system

CC-1987 Low

Published Wednesday 31 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Masuta IoT Botnet

Masuta is an internet-of-things (IoT) botnet believed to have been created by Nexus Zeta, the same group that produced the Satori IoT botnet.

CC-1989 Low

Published Tuesday 30 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Cisco Releases Security Update

Cisco has released a security update to address a vulnerability in its Adaptive Security Appliance software. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system.

CC-1977 Low

Published Monday 29 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vRealize Automation, vSphere Integrated Containers, and AirWatch Console. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-1974 Low

Published Friday 26 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Mozilla Releases Security Update for Thunderbird

Mozilla has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-1965 Medium

Published Thursday 25 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Struts and DNN Cryptocurrency Server Exploits

Cryptocurrency mining software is being remotely installed on Windows and Linux web servers via exploits targeting known vulnerabilities in Apache Struts and DNN.

CC-1959 Medium

Published Thursday 25 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Cryptowall Ransomware

First observed in 2014, Cryptowall is a ransomware trojan that has the capability to encrypt files on network and removable drives. Targets have primarily been in the USA and UK.

CC-1968 Low

Published Thursday 25 January 2018 (12:00) (updated 17 February 2020)

Apple chaiOS DoS Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in Apple's iOS and macOS operating systems that can cause a device to freeze or restart.