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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Microsoft Entra account lockouts caused by user token logging mishap
Microsoft confirms that the weekend Entra account lockouts were caused by the invalidation of short-lived user refresh tokens that were mistakenly logged into internal systems.
- April 21, 2025
- 12:26 PM
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Widespread Microsoft Entra lockouts tied to new security feature rollout
Windows administrators from numerous organizations report widespread account lockouts triggered by false positives in the rollout of a new Microsoft Entra ID's "leaked credentials" detection app called MACE.
- April 19, 2025
- 06:04 PM
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Critical Erlang/OTP SSH RCE bug now has public exploits, patch now
Public exploits are now available for a critical Erlang/OTP SSH vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-32433, allowing unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code on impacted devices.
- April 19, 2025
- 10:05 AM
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Critical Erlang/OTP SSH pre-auth RCE is 'Surprisingly Easy' to exploit, patch now
A critical vulnerability in the Erlang/OTP SSH, tracked as CVE-2025-32433, has been disclosed that allows for unauthenticated remote code execution on vulnerable devices.
- April 17, 2025
- 05:34 PM
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Over 16,000 Fortinet devices compromised with symlink backdoor
Over 16,000 internet-exposed Fortinet devices have been detected as compromised with a new symlink backdoor that allows read-only access to sensitive files on previously compromised devices.
- April 16, 2025
- 04:47 PM
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Google blocked over 5 billion ads in 2024 amid rise in AI-powered scams
Google blocked 5.1 billion ads and suspended more than 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, according to its 2024 Ads Safety Report released this week.
- April 16, 2025
- 03:16 PM
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Apple fixes two zero-days exploited in targeted iPhone attacks
Apple released emergency security updates to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that were used in an "extremely sophisticated attack" against specific targets' iPhones.
- April 16, 2025
- 02:06 PM
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Hertz confirms customer info, drivers' licenses stolen in data breach
Car rental giant Hertz Corporation warns it suffered a data breach after customer data for its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands was stolen in the Cleo zero-day data theft attacks.
- April 14, 2025
- 07:16 PM
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Govtech giant Conduent confirms client data stolen in January cyberattack
American business services giant and government contractor Conduent disclosed today that client data was stolen in a January 2025 cyberattack.
- April 14, 2025
- 04:50 PM
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Windows 11 April update unexpectedly creates new 'inetpub' folder
Microsoft's April 2025 Patch Tuesday updates are strangely creating an empty "inetpub" folder in the root of the C:\ drive, even on systems that do not have Internet Information Services (IIS) installed.
- April 09, 2025
- 03:04 PM
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Microsoft April 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes exploited zero-day, 134 flaws
Today is Microsoft's April 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 134 flaws, including one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability.
- April 08, 2025
- 01:50 PM
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Windows 10 KB5055518 update fixes random text when printing
Microsoft has released the KB5055518 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, with nine changes or fixes.
- April 08, 2025
- 01:39 PM
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This $16 AdGuard plan protects your whole family from malicious ads
You have until April 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT to grab lifetime access to AdGuard's privacy and ad-blocking tools for just $15.97 (reg. $169)—remember to enter code FAMPLAN at checkout for this limited-time discount.
- April 07, 2025
- 08:11 AM
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Coinbase to fix 2FA account activity entry freaking out users
Coinbase is fixing an incorrect account activity message that freaks out customers and makes them think their credentials were compromised.
- April 05, 2025
- 11:36 AM
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New Windows 11 trick lets you bypass Microsoft Account requirement
A previously unknown trick lets you easily bypass using a Microsoft Account in Windows 11, just as Microsoft tries to make it harder to use local accounts.
- April 01, 2025
- 05:33 PM
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