New Botnet ‘Zergeca’ Threatens Cybersecurity Landscape with Advanced DDoS Capabilities Cybersecurity experts have identified a new botnet named Zergeca, which exhibits significant potential to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Written in the Golang programming language, the botnet derives its name…
T-Mobile Reaches Settlement Over Data Breaches Amounting to $31.5 Million In a recent development, T-Mobile USA has agreed to a settlement of $31.5 million connected to allegations of multiple data breaches that compromised the personal information of millions of customers.…
Google has announced a series of security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its Chrome browser, identified as CVE-2024-7971. This vulnerability involves a type confusion flaw affecting the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine and has reportedly been actively exploited…
The GootLoader malware continues to pose significant risks as cybercriminals exploit it to deploy new payloads onto infected systems. This malware has seen active use by threat actors aiming to target various organizations, particularly in legal and professional sectors, as…
Cyber Attack on NHS Service Provider: Recovery Underway After Major Ransomware Incident In a significant cybersecurity incident, the NHS service provider Synnovis fell victim to a ransomware attack orchestrated by the cybercriminal group Qilin on June 3. This attack has…
SolarWinds has announced critical patches for a newly discovered security vulnerability in its Web Help Desk (WHD) application. This flaw potentially allows remote, unauthorized users to access and modify data within vulnerable systems. According to SolarWinds, the vulnerability—designated as CVE-2024-28987—is…
Record DDoS Attack Mitigated by OVHcloud In April 2024, French cloud service provider OVHcloud successfully mitigated an unprecedented distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, reportedly peaking at a staggering 840 million packets per second (Mpps). This incident surpasses the previous record of…
A significant cybersecurity incident has reportedly allowed a foreign government to breach the systems of the Dutch police force, resulting in the exposure of contact information for nearly 63,000 law enforcement officers. This breach, confirmed to have occurred on September…
On October 4, 2024, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced a significant decision to consolidate numerous lawsuits linked to major data breaches involving Snowflake Inc., a prominent cloud service provider, based in the District of Montana. This centralization pertains…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently added a significant security vulnerability affecting Versa Director to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following evidence of active exploitation. This medium-severity flaw, identified as CVE-2024-39717 with a CVSS score…
