Tag: Cyber Security News

PowerSchool Starts Notifying Students Following Massive Breach

PowerSchool, a leading U.S.-based education technology provider, has begun notifying students, teachers, and other affected individuals following a massive data breach that occurred in December 2024. The breach, which compromised sensitive personal information, is one of the largest cybersecurity incidents…

EU Sanctioned Three Russian Hackers for Attacking Govt Agencies

The European Union today imposed sanctions on three Russian military intelligence officers for their involvement in a series of cyberattacks targeting Estonian government agencies in 2020.  The individuals, identified as Nikolay Alexandrovich Korchagin, Vitaly Shevchenko, and Yuriy Fedorovich Denisov, are…

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Trigger DoS

NVIDIA has issued a critical software security update for its GPU Display Driver, addressing multiple vulnerabilities that could potentially expose systems to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, data tampering, and information disclosure.  This update impacts users across Windows and Linux platforms and…

Akira’s New Linux Ransomware Attacking VMware ESXi Servers

The Akira ransomware group, a prominent player in the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) domain since March 2023, has intensified its operations with a new Linux variant targeting VMware ESXi servers. Initially focused on Windows systems, Akira expanded its scope in April 2023…