Sergiu Gatlan

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Cybersecurity and Technology Reporter at Bleeping Computer

Cybersecurity/tech reporter @BleepinComputer Signal: serghei.33

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Articles

Microsoft now testing Notepad text formatting in Windows 11

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft announced today that the Windows 11 Notepad application is getting a text formatting feature supporting Markdown-style input. The feature is being introduced one year after Microsoft removed the WordPad basic word processing app that had text formatting capabilities, with the rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel.
Germany doxxes Conti ransomware and TrickBot ring leader

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) claims that Stern, the leader of the Trickbot and Conti cybercrime gangs, is a 36-year-old Russian named Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev.
US sanctions firm linked to cyber scams behind $200 million in losses

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Funnull Technology, a Philippines-based company that supports hundreds of thousands of malicious websites behind cyber scams linked to over $200 million in losses for Americans. Funnull facilitated virtual currency investment scams (also known as romance baiting and pig butchering) by buying IP addresses in bulk from various cloud service providers.
Victoria’s Secret takes down website after security incident

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Fashion giant Victoria's Secret has taken down its website and some store services because of an ongoing security incident. Victoria's Secret manages approximately 1,380 retail stores in nearly 70 countries and reported an annual revenue of $6.23 billion for the fiscal year ending February 1, 2025. The company says in a message on its website that its Victoria's Secret and PINK stores remain open while operations are being restored.
Microsoft: Windows 11 might fail to start after installing KB5058405

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft has confirmed that some Windows 11 systems might fail to start after installing the KB5058405 cumulative update released during this month's Patch Tuesday. On affected devices, users see 0xc0000098 recovery errors in ACPI.sys, warning that the device has to be repaired because the operating system couldn't be loaded.
Data broker LexisNexis discloses data breach affecting 364,000 people

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Data broker giant LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a Georgia-based American data analytics company, has revealed that attackers stole the personal information of over 364,000 individuals in a December breach. As disclosed in data breach notifications sent to affected people starting May 24th, LexisNexis was informed on April 1st that some of its data had been stolen from GitHub by an unknown threat actor using a compromised company account.
Czechia blames China for Ministry of Foreign Affairs cyberattack

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

The Czech Republic says the Chinese-backed APT31 hacking group was behind cyberattacks targeting the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and critical infrastructure organizations. "The malicious activity, which lasted from 2022 and affected an institution designated as Czech critical infrastructure, was perpetrated by the cyberespionage actor APT31 that is publicly associated with the Ministry of State Security," the Czech government said.
Microsoft introduces new Windows backup tool for businesses

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft has introduced Windows Backup for Organizations, a new backup tool for enterprises that simplifies backups and makes the transition to Windows 11 easier. First announced at Microsoft Ignite , this tool is now in limited public preview and will help back up and restore a user's Windows settings after resetting or reimaging their device. "You can back up your organization's Windows 10 or Windows 11 settings and restore them on a Microsoft Entra joined device.
Microsoft wants Windows to update all software on your PC

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft has introduced a new update orchestration platform built on the existing Windows Update infrastructure, which aims to unify the updating system for all apps, drivers, and system components on Windows systems. The company explained that developers and IT product teams can onboard their updates to this new orchestration platform via Windows Runtime (WinRT) APIs or PowerShell commands after joining the private preview by contacting [email protected].
Apple blocked over $9 billion in App Store fraud in five years

1 week ago | bleepingcomputer.com | Sergiu Gatlan

Apple says it blocked over $9 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions over the last five years, with over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent sanctions prevented in 2024 alone. The company's annual App Store fraud analysis also shows that Apple identified almost 4.7 million stolen credit cards and blocked over 1.6 million accounts from making transactions again.