Cybersecurity

Canonical under sustained DDoS attack as Ubuntu 26 releases

Zero-day exploit instantly grants administrator access on most Linux distributions since 2017

This might be the work of an amateur, but they might not stay an amateur for long.

27 years ago today, on April 26, 1999, a 1 KB virus called CIH detonated its payload on hundreds of thousands of Windows 9x machines worldwide.

The authorities say that the three individuals used the SMS blasters to send thousands of smishing messages.

The NCSC, a part of the British GCHQ, has deployed this protective gadget throughout various government estates and is now making it publicly available through Goldilock Labs.

Martino, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, is the third and final member of a trio of cybersecurity professionals charged in the scheme.

Iranian state media has alleged that equipment from Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and MikroTik failed during U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran.

The breach exposed non-sensitive environment variables, and a threat actor operating under the ShinyHunters name has claimed responsibility.