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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Home Depot confirms third-party data breach exposed employee info
Home Depot has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after one of its SaaS vendors mistakenly exposed a small sample of limited employee data, which could potentially be used in targeted phishing attacks.
- April 07, 2024
- 01:40 PM
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New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser
Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry.
- April 07, 2024
- 10:17 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - April 5th 2024 - Virtual Machines under Attack
Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi and other virtual machine platforms are wreaking havoc among the enterprise, causing widespread disruption and loss of services.
- April 05, 2024
- 05:59 PM
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Panera Bread week-long IT outage caused by ransomware attack
Panera Bread's recent week-long outage was caused by a ransomware attack, according to people familiar with the matter and emails seen by BleepingComputer.
- April 05, 2024
- 09:52 AM
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Hosting firm's VMware ESXi servers hit by new SEXi ransomware
Chilean data center and hosting provider IxMetro Powerhost has suffered a cyberattack at the hands of a new ransomware gang known as SEXi, which encrypted the company's VMware ESXi servers and backups.
- April 03, 2024
- 05:58 PM
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AT&T confirms data for 73 million customers leaked on hacker forum
AT&T has finally confirmed it is impacted by a data breach affecting 73 million current and former customers after initially denying the leaked data originated from them.
- March 30, 2024
- 12:52 PM
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Windows 10 KB5035941 update released with lock screen widgets
Microsoft has released the optional KB5035941 preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2, introducing widgets on the lock screen, Windows Spotlight on the desktop, and 21 other fixes or changes.
- March 26, 2024
- 06:19 PM
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Windows 11 Notepad finally gets spellcheck and autocorrect
Microsoft continues to add new features to the Windows Notepad, today announcing a preview release with built-in spellchecking and an autocorrect feature.
- March 21, 2024
- 04:07 PM
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AT&T says leaked data of 70 million people is not from its systems
AT&T says a massive trove of data impacting 71 million people did not originate from its systems after a hacker leaked it on a cybercrime forum and claimed it was stolen in a 2021 breach of the company.
- March 17, 2024
- 07:24 PM
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Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows
Microsoft is once again harassing Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with popup desktop advertisements promoting Bing and its GPT-4 Bing Chat platform.
- March 17, 2024
- 01:08 PM
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PornHub now also blocks Texas over age verification laws
PornHub has now added Texas to its blocklist, preventing users in the state from accessing its site in protest of age verification laws.
- March 15, 2024
- 01:11 PM
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McDonald's IT systems outage impacts restaurants worldwide
McDonald's restaurants are suffering global IT outages that prevent employees from taking orders and accepting payments, causing some stores to close for the day.
- March 15, 2024
- 10:42 AM
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Microsoft March 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 60 flaws, 18 RCE bugs
Today is Microsoft's March 2024 Patch Tuesday, and security updates have been released for 60 vulnerabilities, including eighteen remote code execution flaws.
- March 12, 2024
- 01:52 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - March 8th 2024 - Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand
We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure, putting them further in the spotlight of the US government.
- March 08, 2024
- 05:25 PM
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Microsoft says Russian hackers breached its systems, accessed source code
Microsoft says the Russian 'Midnight Blizzard' hacking group recently accessed some of its internal systems and source code repositories using authentication secrets stolen during a January cyberattack.
- March 08, 2024
- 10:31 AM
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