Lawrence Abrams
Author Bio
Lawrence Abrams is the owner and Editor in Chief of BleepingComputer.com. Lawrence’s area of expertise includes Windows, security, malware research, ransomware, and computer forensics. Lawrence Abrams is also a co-author of the Winternals Defragmentation, Recovery, and Administration Field Guide and technical editor for Rootkits for Dummies.
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New Vo1d malware infects 1.3 million Android streaming boxes
Threat actors have infected over 1.3 million TV streaming boxes running Android with a new Vo1d backdoor malware, allowing the attackers to take full control of the devices.
- September 12, 2024
- 05:10 PM
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Fortinet confirms data breach after hacker claims to steal 440GB of files
Cybersecurity giant Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to steal 440GB of files from the company's Microsoft Sharepoint server.
- September 12, 2024
- 02:01 PM
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UK arrests teen linked to Transport for London cyber attack
U.K.'s National Crime Agency says it arrested a 17-year-old teenager who is suspected of being connected to the cyberattack on Transport for London, the city's public transportation agency.
- September 12, 2024
- 12:36 PM
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Adobe fixes Acrobat Reader zero-day with public PoC exploit
A cybersecurity researcher is urging users to upgrade Adobe Acrobat Reader after a fix was released yesterday for a remote code execution zero-day with a public in-the-wild proof-of-concept exploit.
- September 11, 2024
- 01:42 PM
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Windows 10 KB5043064 update released with 6 fixes, security updates
Microsoft has released the KB5043064 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which includes 6 changes and fixes, including a fix for Bluetooth devices that stop working due to a memory leak.
- September 10, 2024
- 02:18 PM
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Windows 11 KB5043076 cumulative update released with 19 changes
Microsoft has released the mandatory Windows 11 23H2 KB5043076 cumulative update to fix security vulnerabilities and make 19 improvements.
- September 10, 2024
- 01:48 PM
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Microsoft September 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 79 flaws
Today is Microsoft's September 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 79 flaws, including three actively exploited and one publicly disclosed zero-days.
- September 10, 2024
- 01:32 PM
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Sextortion scams now use your "cheating" spouse’s name as a lure
A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links to the alleged proof.
- September 07, 2024
- 11:14 AM
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Microsoft removes revenge porn from Bing search using new tool
Microsoft announced today that it has partnered with StopNCII to proactively remove harmful intimate images and videos from Bing using digital hashes people create from their sensitive media.
- September 05, 2024
- 04:56 PM
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GitHub comments abused to push password stealing malware masked as fixes
GitHub is being abused to distribute the Lumma Stealer information-stealing malware as fake fixes posted in project comments.
- August 31, 2024
- 11:21 AM
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Halliburton cyberattack linked to RansomHub ransomware gang
The RansomHub ransomware gang is behind the recent cyberattack on oil and gas services giant Halliburton, which disrupted the company's IT systems and business operations.
- August 29, 2024
- 05:06 PM
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Chinese Volt Typhoon hackers exploited Versa zero-day to breach ISPs, MSPs
The Chinese state-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon is behind attacks that exploited a zero-day flaw in Versa Director to upload a custom webshell to steal credentials and breach corporate networks.
- August 27, 2024
- 10:00 AM
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Windows driver zero-day exploited by Lazarus hackers to install rootkit
The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a zero-day flaw in the Windows AFD.sys driver to elevate privileges and install the FUDModule rootkit on targeted systems.
- August 19, 2024
- 11:32 PM
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Microsoft August 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 9 zero-days, 6 exploited
Today is Microsoft's August 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including six actively exploited and three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft is still working on an update for a tenth publicly disclosed zero-day.
- August 13, 2024
- 02:41 PM
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Windows 10 KB5041580 update released with 14 fixes, security updates
Microsoft has released the KB5041580 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which includes 14 changes and fixes, including BitLocker fixes and important security updates.
- August 13, 2024
- 01:20 PM
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