New Mēris botnet breaks DDoS record with 21.8 million RPS attack
A new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that kept growing over the summer has been hammering Russian internet giant Yandex for the past month, the attack peaking at the unprecedented rate of 21.8 million requests per second. […]
GitHub finds 7 code execution vulnerabilities in ‘tar’ and npm CLI
GitHub security team has identified several high-severity vulnerabilities in npm packages, “tar” and “@npmcli/arborist,” used by npm CLI. The tar package receives 20 million weekly downloads on average, whereas arborist gets downloaded over 300,000 times every week. […]
Zoho patches actively exploited critical ADSelfService Plus bug
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus password management solution that allows them to take control of the system. […]
Going beyond backup: Acronis True Image is now Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
After nearly two decades, one of the most recognizable software brands is getting a new name. Acronis True Image, the leading personal cyber protection solution, is changing its name to Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office. […]