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Europol Shuts Down Six DDoS-for-Hire Services Used in Global Attacks
Europol has announced the takedown of distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services that were used to launch thousands of cyber-attacks across the world. In connection with the operation, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals and the United States has seized nine domains that are associated with the now-defunct platforms. “The suspects are believed to be…
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SysAid Patches 4 Critical Flaws Enabling Pre-Auth RCE in On-Premise Version
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaw in the on-premise version of SysAid IT support software that could be exploited to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution with elevated privileges. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-2775, CVE-2025-2776, and CVE-2025-2777, have all been described as XML External Entity (XXE) injections, which occur when an attacker is
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Play Ransomware Exploited Windows CVE-2025-29824 as Zero-Day to Breach U.S. Organization
Threat actors with links to the Play ransomware family exploited a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day as part of an attack targeting an unnamed organization in the United States. The attack, per the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, leveraged CVE-2025-29824, a privilege escalation flaw in the Common Log…
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Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerades as a seemingly harmless Discord-related utility but incorporates a remote access trojan. The package in question is discordpydebug, which was uploaded to PyPI on March 21, 2022. It has been downloaded 11,574 times and continues to be available on…
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NSO Group Fined $168M for Targeting 1,400 WhatsApp Users With Pegasus Spyware
A federal jury on Tuesday decided that NSO Group must pay Meta-owned WhatsApp WhatsApp approximately $168 million in monetary damages, more than four months after a federal judge ruled that the Israeli company violated U.S. laws by exploiting WhatsApp servers to deploy Pegasus spyware, targeting over 1,400 individuals globally. WhatsApp originally filed the lawsuit against…
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Oregon Legislature: Transportation package necessary to maintain safe roads, says county admin
HOOD RIVER — Public Works Director Cori Wiessner and Board of Commissioners Chair Jennifer Euwer will provide legislative testimony on behalf of Hood River County when the 2025 Transportation Reinvestment Package (TRIP) comes before the Oregon State Legislature.
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Metro budget includes layoffs, OCC and Expo Center consolidation
The regional government is eyeing major operational shifts at key Portland attractions as part of a broader cost-cutting strategy.
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NW Natural is growing its position in the Texas natural gas market
SiEnergy, which NW Natural recently acquired, makes its own acquisition deal.
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PDX Startup Week returns with 45 events
After several years of hiatus Portland Startup Week is back with five days of events for founders and anyone curious about the Portland startup community.
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Gorge Commission faces budget reduction
THE GORGE — The future of the Columbia River Gorge Commission (CRGC) was put in jeopardy last month when a Washington legislator proposed funding cuts for the organization. Last week, the state of Washington’s 2025-2027 budget was approved by the…
