The Information Highway

The Information Highway

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.

Malware dev lures child exploiters into honeytrap to extort them

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You rarely root for a cybercriminal, but a new malware campaign targeting child exploiters doesn't make you feel bad for the victims.

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GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs

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A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with a Microsoft repository, making the files appear trustworthy.

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Palo Alto Networks zero-day exploited since March to backdoor firewalls

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Suspected state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks firewalls tracked as CVE-2024-3400 since March 26, using the compromised devices to breach internal networks, steal data and credentials.

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Panera Bread week-long IT outage caused by ransomware attack

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Panera Bread's recent week-long outage was caused by a ransomware attack, according to people familiar with the matter and emails. 

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AT&T confirms data for 73 million customers leaked on hacker forum

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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.

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