A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Vim, the popular open-source command-line text editor, that could allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files on users’ systems. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-53906, was published on July 15, 2025, and affects all versions of…
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Massive DDoS Attack Slams Internet with 7.3 Tbps and 4.8 Billion Packets Per Second
Cloudflare’s latest DDoS Threat Report for the second quarter of 2025 reveals that the company autonomously mitigated the largest-ever recorded distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, peaking at an unprecedented 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps) and 4.8 billion packets per second (Bpps).…
Abacus Dark Web Market Suspected of Exit Scam with Held Bitcoin Funds
The largest Bitcoin-enabled Western darknet marketplace, Abacus Market, has gone offline amid widespread suspicions of an exit scam that may have cost users millions of dollars in held cryptocurrency funds. TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics firm, assesses that the marketplace’s…
Authorities Take Down ‘Diskstation’ Ransomware Gang Targeting Synology NAS Globally
Italian State Police, working alongside French and Romanian authorities, have successfully dismantled a sophisticated ransomware operation known as “Diskstation” that specifically targeted Synology Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems worldwide. The international investigation, coordinated by EUROPOL and led by Milan’s Cybersecurity…
Curl 8.15.0 Officially Released: 233 Bugs Fixed in Major Update
Curl, the ubiquitous command-line tool and library for transferring data with URLs, has reached version 8.15.0 with a landmark release that addresses more than 230 bugs and streamlines its internal architecture. Officially launched today at 10:00 CEST (08:00 UTC) in…
Former U.S. Army Member Pleads Guilty in Telecom Hacking Case
A 21-year-old former U.S. Army soldier has pleaded guilty to participating in a sophisticated cybercrime operation that targeted telecommunications companies through hacking, data theft, and extortion schemes. Cameron John Wagenius, who was stationed in Texas during his military service, admitted…
Node.js Vulnerabilities Leave Windows Apps Vulnerable to Path Traversal and HashDoS
The Node.js project has released critical security updates across multiple release lines to address two high-severity vulnerabilities that pose significant risks to Windows applications and could enable denial-of-service attacks. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2025-27210 and CVE-2025-27209, affect active Node.js release…
Google Chrome 0-Day Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
Google has released an emergency security update for Chrome 138 to address a critical zero-day vulnerability that is actively being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6558, affects the browser’s ANGLE and GPU components and has prompted immediate…
VMware ESXi and Workstation Vulnerabilities Allow Host-Level Code Execution
Broadcom disclosed four critical vulnerabilities in VMware’s virtualization suite on July 15, 2025, enabling attackers to escape virtual machines and execute code directly on host systems. The flaws, discovered through the Pwn2Own competition, affect ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and VMware Tools…
Ransomware Attack on Albemarle County Exposes Residents’ Personal Information
Albemarle County, Virginia, discovered irregularities in its IT infrastructure under a sophisticated ransomware attack. The breach was quickly recognized by cybersecurity experts as a ransomware deployment, a type of malware that encrypts data and demands payment to decrypt it. This…