Security News

Gcore DDoS Radar Reveals 56% YoY Increase in DDoS Attacks
2025-02-11 11:25

Gcore’s latest DDoS Radar report analyzes attack data from Q3–Q4 2024, revealing a 56% YoY rise in the total number of DDoS attacks with the largest attack peaking at a record 2 Tbps. The...

Apple fixes zero-day flaw exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attack (CVE-2025-24200)
2025-02-11 10:40

Users of iPhones and iPads that run iOS/iPadOS 18 and iPadOS 17 are urged to implement the latest updates to plug a security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-24200) exploited in the wild in...

Threat Actors Exploit ClickFix to Deploy NetSupport RAT in Latest Cyber Attacks
2025-02-11 09:55

Threat actors have observed the increasingly common ClickFix technique to deliver a remote access trojan named NetSupport RAT since early January 2025. NetSupport RAT, typically propagated via...

Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings
2025-02-11 01:58

Cupertino mostly uses bland language when talking security, so this sounds nasty Apple has warned that some iPhones and iPads may have been targeted by an “extremely sophisticated attack” and has...

Apple fixes zero-day exploited in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks
2025-02-10 19:08

Apple has released emergency security updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability that the company says was exploited in targeted and "extremely sophisticated" attacks. [...]

Hacker pleads guilty to SIM swap attack on US SEC X account
2025-02-10 18:46

Today, an Alabama man pleaded guilty to hijacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) account on X in a January 2024 SIM swapping attack. [...]

Australians Hit With One Cyber Attack Every Second in 2024
2025-02-10 17:33

Australia saw a record surge in cyber attacks in 2024, with data breaches escalating. Experts warn of rising risks as hackers may exploit AI-driven tactics.

Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices
2025-02-08 15:15

A large-scale brute force password attack using almost 2.8 million IP addresses is underway, attempting to guess the credentials for a wide range of networking devices, including those from Palo...

Cyber Attack Severity Rating System Established in UK
2025-02-07 15:16

The U.K.’s new cyberattack rating system ranks incidents from 1 to 5, but experts warn businesses must go beyond awareness and strengthen their defences.

Microsoft Identifies 3,000 Leaked ASP.NET Keys Enabling Code Injection Attacks
2025-02-07 11:01

Microsoft is warning of an insecure practice wherein software developers are incorporating publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys from publicly accessible resources, thereby putting their...