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Security researchers have reported that a US based university suffered a DDoS attack from its own network of Internet of Things (IoT) devices which had been infected with malware.

A newly discovered version of the HummingBad Android malware known as HummingWhale has been identified.

Google has released Chrome version 56.0.2924.76 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses multiple vulnerabilities that, if exploited, may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.

A known vulnerability in older versions of Samba has been exploited more than usual during the past week.

Cisco has released a hardware advisory for a clock signal component used in some of its hardware devices, which include routers and switches. Devices that contain the faulty component could potentially fail after 18 months of use.

The Care Identity Service (CIS) will be undertaking several controlled site failovers of the live service during 2017 and the following actions are required to prevent impact.

A code vulnerability has been discovered in the Cherwell Portal which, if exploited, allows standard portal users (Portal Customers) to view more than their own records.

A new mobile ransomware has been discovered, hidden in an app called EnergyRescue on the Google Play store. Charger is a zero-day mobile ransomware application.

Cerber is a family of ransomware, offered as a service which was first discovered in 2016. A recent campaign has been identified which has seen the ransomware delivered via Nemucod.

Version 9 of the BIND DNS platform which uses both DNS64 and RPZ are susceptible to denial of service (DoS) attacks. When the vulnerability is exploited, a remote attacker may cause the ‘named’ process to terminate.