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.

TikTok flooded by 'Elon Musk' cryptocurrency giveaway scams

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TikTok is flooded by a surge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways posted to the video-sharing platform, with almost all of the videos pretending to be themes based on Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX. 

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Hotmail email delivery fails after Microsoft misconfigures DNS

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Hotmail users worldwide have problems sending emails, with messages flagged as spam or not delivered after Microsoft misconfigured the domain's DNS SPF record. 

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Knight ransomware distributed in fake Tripadvisor complaint emails

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The Knight ransomware is being distributed in an ongoing spam campaign that pretends to be TripAdvisor complaints. 

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Windows 10 KB5028244 update released with 19 fixes, improved security

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Microsoft has released the optional KB5028244 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 with 19 fixes or changes, including an update to the Vulnerable Driver Blocklist to block BYOVD attacks.

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QBot malware abuses Windows WordPad EXE to infect devices

QBot malware abuses Windows WordPad EXE to infect devices
The QBot malware operation has started to abuse a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad program to infect computers, using the legitimate program to evade detection by security software.
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