Sergiu Gatlan

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Cybersecurity and Technology Reporter at Bleeping Computer

Cybersecurity/tech reporter @BleepinComputer Signal: serghei.33

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Kali Linux 2025.2 released with 13 new tools, car hacking updates

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Kali Linux 2025.2, the second release of the year, is now available for download with 13 new tools and an expanded car hacking toolkit. Designed for cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers, the Kali Linux distribution facilitates security audits, penetration testing, and network research. The Kali Team has added many new features and refined the distro's user interface.
Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook crashes when opening emails

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft has shared a workaround for a known issue that causes the classic Outlook email client to crash when opening or starting a new message. These problems affect users in the Monthly Enterprise Channel who updated Outlook for Microsoft 365 earlier this month, starting with Version 2504 (Build 18730.20122). "When you open or start a new email, classic Outlook crashes.
Police seizes Archetyp Market drug marketplace, arrests admin

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Law enforcement authorities from six countries took down the Archetyp Market, an infamous darknet drug marketplace that has been operating since May 2020. Archetyp Market sellers provided the market's customers with access to high volumes of drugs, including cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, cannabis, MDMA, and synthetic opioids like fentanyl through more than 3,200 registered vendors and over 17,000 listings.
Microsoft: June Windows Server security updates cause DHCP issues

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft acknowledged a new issue caused by the June 2025 security updates, causing the DHCP service to freeze on some Windows Server systems. On Windows Server systems, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server service automates assigning IP addresses and other network configurations, reducing network administration and ensuring reliable IP address configuration in Windows networks.
Google links massive cloud outage to API management issue

2 weeks ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Google says an API management issue is behind Thursday's massive Google Cloud outage, which disrupted or brought down its services and many other online platforms. Google says the cloud outage started around 10:49 ET and ended at 3:49 ET, after causing issues for millions of users worldwide for over three hours.
Microsoft: KB5060533 update triggers boot errors on Surface Hub v1 devices

2 weeks ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft is investigating a known issue that triggers Secure Boot errors and prevents Surface Hub v1 devices from starting up. These boot problems only impact Surface Hub v1 systems running Windows 10, version 22H2, after installing the KB5060533 June 2025 Windows security update. Microsoft says that "Surface Hub v1 devices might fail to start with the following error: 'Secure Boot Violation. Invalid signature detected.
Microsoft confirms auth issues affecting Microsoft 365 users

2 weeks ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident that is causing users to experience errors with some Microsoft 365 authentication features. As the company revealed earlier today in an published in the admin center, users may experience errors during self-service password resets, while admins may be unable to add multi-factor authentication (MFA) sign-in methods to some users. Redmond says this incident is caused by a recent change aiming to improve MFA sign-in functionality.
Victoria’s Secret restores critical systems after cyberattack

2 weeks ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Victoria's Secret has restored all critical systems impacted by a May 24 security incident that forced it to shut down corporate systems and the e-commerce website. The company operates around 1,380 retail stores in nearly 70 countries and has reported net sales of $1.353 billion for the first quarter of 2025, with a forecasted net sales range of up to $6.3 billion for the year.
Google Cloud and Cloudflare hit by widespread service outages | OpenText Cybersecurity Community

2 weeks ago | community.opentextcybersecurity.com | Sergiu Gatlan

June 12, 2025 By Sergiu GatlanUpdate June 12, 15:20 EDT: Google now warns that multiple Workspace services are also affected by this massive outage:"We're investigating reports of an issue with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Cloud Search, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Tasks, and Google Voice," the company says. "Multiple Workspace products beginning on Thursday, at 2025-06-12 10:58 PDT may be experiencing service issues.
Google Cloud and Cloudflare hit by widespread service outages

2 weeks ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Google Cloud and Cloudflare are investigating ongoing outages impacting access to sites and various services across multiple regions. Cloudflare first acknowledged these issues less than 30 minutes ago when it reported Access authentication failures and Cloudflare Zero Trust WARP connectivity issues. "We are seeing a number of services suffer intermittent failures.