Cyber warfare
Iran confirmed it shut down internet to protect the country against cyberattacks

Iran confirmed an Internet shutdown to counter Israeli cyberattacks, citing threats to critical infrastructure, and interfere with drone control. Iran experienced a near-total internet blackout on ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2025
Malware
Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps

Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps, stealing user funds, warns mobile security firm Zimperium. Zimperium zLabs has uncovered a major evolution of the Go ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2025
Hacking
Cloudflare blocked record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack against a hosting provider

Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025. Cloudflare blocked a record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025, 12% greater than its previous peak and 1 Tbps greater than the ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2025
Security
Linux flaws chain allows Root access across major distributions

Researchers discovered two local privilege escalation flaws that could let attackers gain root access on systems running major Linux distributions. Qualys researchers discovered two local privileg ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2025