Bitdefender, Friday, June 19th, 2026
How Scammers Use One-Time Passcodes Against Businesses
Criminals impersonating banks trick small business owners into sharing one-time passcodes that unlock fraudulent access.
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Bitdefender, Friday, June 19th, 2026
How Tinder Matches Can Turn Into Sextortion Scams
Scammers use fake dating profiles to lure victims into intimate video calls, then blackmail them with secret recordings.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, June 19th, 2026
Apple's Hide My Email Tweak Leaves Privacy Fans Fuming
Apple's move to shift new Hide My Email aliases to a @private.icloud.com domain makes anonymous signups identifiable.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, June 19th, 2026
Cybercrime Now Rivals Traditional Crime Across Parts of Asia
An INTERPOL report finds cybercrime exceeds 30% of recorded crime in more than half of surveyed Asia-Pacific nations.
more → Bitdefender, Thursday, June 18th, 2026
CISA Mandates Change for Structured, Prioritized Updates and Vulnerability Management
CISA's BOD 26-04 replaces static CVSS scoring with dynamic risk criteria to prioritize vulnerability remediation.
more → Security Boulevard, Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Bitdefender Threat Intelligence Built for How Security Teams Work
Bitdefender introduces threat intelligence designed around how security teams actually operate.
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Bitdefender, Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Claimed Twice: Five Reasons the Same Ransomware Victim Shows Up Under Two Flags
The same victims increasingly appear on multiple ransomware leak sites under different group names, driven by five causes.
more → Bitdefender, Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Instagram Account Recovery Scams: How Fake Helpers Steal Your Profile Twice
Scammers posing as recovery experts steal passwords, authentication codes, and account access from locked-out users.
more → Bitdefender, Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
What's New in GravityZone June 2026 (v6.74)
GravityZone v6.74 adds attack path visualization, YARA rule API management, PHASR Linux support, and a Sentinel integration.
more → Bitdefender, Monday, June 15th, 2026
Bitdefender Threat Intelligence: Built for How Security Teams Work
Bitdefender's threat intelligence delivers enriched context and flexible integrations to help teams investigate faster.
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Bitdefender Threat Debrief: June 2026
Bitdefender's June 2026 debrief explains why ransomware groups increasingly hit the same victims.
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The Safe Nomad, Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
World Password Day: Be Honest - How Are You Really Handling Your Passwords?
World Password Day examines why people still use weak password practices despite security risks.
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Bitdefender, Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
Endpoint Protection in Practice: How Customers Use Bitdefender to Reduce Risk
Bitdefender GravityZone customers achieve strong security outcomes through preemptive defense, simplified operations, and reliable endpoint protection.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Fake Claude Code Leak On Github Pushes Vidar Malware
Threat actors are capitalizing on the recent exposure of Anthropic's Claude Code source to lure curious developers into downloading malware from fake GitHub repositories.
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Bitdefender, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Shut The Front Door On Email Attacks: How To Scale Security Services Without Increasing Workload
Email remains the primary entry point for cyberattacks, driven largely by phishing and account compromise. For attackers, it is often the simplest and most scalable way to gain access: send enough emails, and eventually, someone clicks. What's changing is not the entry point, but the sophistication of the attacks.
more → Bitdefender, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Technical Advisory: Axios NPM Supply Chain Attack - Cross-Platform RAT Deployed Via Compromised Maintainer Account
Attackers compromised the npm account of the primary axios maintainer and published two malicious versions that silently install a cross-platform remote access trojan.
more → Bitdefender, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Your Biggest Cyber Risk Could Be What You Already Trust
For years, cybersecurity strategies have been built around a simple assumption: stop malicious files, stop the attack.
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Bitdefender, Friday, March 6th, 2026
How Hackers Bypassed MFA With A $120 Phishing Kit - Until A Global Takedown Shut It Down
In a co-ordinated public-private operation between law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity industry partners one of the world's most prolific phishing-as-a-service platforms has been dismantled.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, February 27th, 2026
Can Your Phone Be Tracked While Using VPN?
A VPN hides your IP address and encrypts your internet traffic, but it does not disable GPS, override app permissions, or stop data collected by your phone's operating system. To make your phone less trackable, you need more than just a VPN.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, February 27th, 2026
AI In Cybersecurity: Is It Worth The Effort For Lean Security Teams?
Every security vendor claims their platform is 'AI-powered.' Dashboards promise automation. Generative AI is positioned as the answer to staffing shortages. And for small to mid-sized organizations with lean IT and cybersecurity teams, these messages are extremely compelling.
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Master XDR Investigations: A Deep Dive into the GravityZone XDR Demo Incident
An attacker's initial access, whether through phishing, unmanaged devices, exploited vulnerabilities, or a compromised supply chain, marks the beginning of a dangerous chain of events.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, February 13th, 2026
What Does It Mean To Be 'Sigma'?
You might hear teens use the word 'sigma', sometimes as a joke, sometimes as a compliment. When they do, they're usually talking about someone who doesn't chase popularity or approval. A sigma is the kid who's fine doing their own thing, even if that means standing a little apart from the crowd.
more → Bitdefender, Thursday, February 12th, 2026
MSP Strategic Defense: Where Prevention Meets Compliance
Imagine a modern office building. Not everyone who works there can go everywhere.
more → Bitdefender, Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
Bitdefender Threat Debrief - February 2026
This edition of the Bitdefender Threat Debrief covers the latest developments in the threat landscape, including the rising group 0APT, the Notepad++ compromise, a recent healthcare breach, and more.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, January 30th, 2026
Hugging Face Repositories Used To Spread Android RAT
Attackers are always searching for trustworthy domains they can use to host their files. These domains don't usually generate suspicious traffic, so criminals know they can use them to launch attacks that are harder to intercept.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, January 30th, 2026
Breach At Tinder, Hinge And OkCupid Parent Match Group Exposes User Data
Match Group, the parent company of several widely used dating platforms including Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Match.com and Meetic, has acknowledged it suffered a cybersecurity incident after criminals claimed to possess internal data tied to multiple services.
more → Bitdefender, Thursday, January 29th, 2026
Android Trojan Campaign Uses Hugging Face Hosting For RAT Payload Delivery
What makes this campaign particularly interesting is the attackers' use of Hugging Face to host malicious payloads, and the scale at which new samples are deployed.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Google's AI Search Can Now Read Your Gmail And Photos: Here's What That Means For You
Google's latest AI search update allows Gemini to analyze Gmail and Google Photos content to deliver personalized results, raising questions about user control and privacy.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Business Identity Theft During Tax Season: How To Catch It Early And What To Do
Tax season is when many cases of business identity theft come to light, as scammers use company data stolen earlier to file fraudulent returns or claim refunds. At the same time, it can also be the moment when attackers try to steal business identities in the first place.
more → Bitdefender, Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
Maximize GravityZone Defense: Policy Best Practices For Endpoint Security
Security incidents often result from misconfigured policies, not necessarily a failure of a security product itself. Another challenge involves overlooking newly released features that must be manually enabled in endpoint configurations.
more → Bitdefender, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Why External Cybersecurity Reviews Reveal What Internal Teams Miss
In today's threat landscape-where ransomware, phishing, and supply chain attacks evolve faster than most teams can patch-a cybersecurity review isn't just a checkbox exercise. It's a critical opportunity to uncover blind spots before attackers do, and it also maps vulnerabilities to business impact, helping teams justify future investments.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, January 16th, 2026
Revolut Introduces A New Way For Customers To Check If They're Speaking With A Real Agent
To help counter scammers impersonating Revolut, the company has recently introduced a new Call Identification feature that helps customers verify whether they're speaking with a real Revolut agent.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, January 16th, 2026
Most Small Business Owners Overestimate Their Ability To Spot AI Scams, Survey Shows
The Commonwealth Bank (CommBank) is urging small business owners to slow down and double-check unexpected requests after new research showed many are less prepared for deepfake scams than they believe.
more → Bitdefender, Tuesday, January 13th, 2026
Bitdefender Threat Debrief - January 2026
This edition of the Bitdefender Threat Debrief covers the latest developments in the ransomware threat landscape, including an update on LockBit's move to the Top 10, the Coinbase Cartel's recent activities, a thwarted BreachForums comeback, and more.
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, December 24th, 2025
How To Stop Your Elderly Dad From Sending Money To An Online Girlfriend
It often starts with something small. Your dad seems more cheerful lately, talking about having met someone who 'really understands him.' There's a woman in the picture now, and she's kind, funny, and says she can't wait to meet him.
more → Bitdefender, Thursday, November 27th, 2025
Building A Unified Security Strategy: Your Guide To Cutting Complexity And Strengthening Defense
Many modern security teams are overwhelmed by tool sprawl. While it's natural to believe that more tools mean stronger security, this complexity often creates gaps, weakens defenses, and overwhelms teams.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, November 14th, 2025
What Is Otter.ai and How to Use It for Your Small Business
If you often find yourself typing furiously during client calls or struggling to remember what was said in a meeting, Otter.ai can feel like a personal assistant that never misses a word.
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
What Windows 10 EOS Means For Security
Microsoft officially abandoned support for most versions of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. It will continue to offer Extended Security Updates (ESU) temporarily for Windows 10 version 22H2, but that support will eventually expire as well, and can be expensive to maintain.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, October 17th, 2025
How To Protect Yourself And Your Family From Doxxing
I still remember when Facebook first launched. What a craze it was among teenagers and young adults.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, October 17th, 2025
Don't Get Pwned This Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A Gamer's Guide To Staying Scam- And Malware-Free
During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it's worth remembering that scammers and hackers never leave any stone unturned - and their targets include the gaming community.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, October 10th, 2025
Bitdefender Launches Global Campaign To Combat AI Scam Threats
Bitdefender has launched a global campaign aimed at educating consumers about the rise in AI-driven online scams, particularly deepfake and voice cloning threats.
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Bitdefender, October 3,2025
Malware Masquerading As Games: The New Frontier Of Gaming Scams
Gamers are nothing if not a curious bunch - they always look for new releases and download mods to enhance old favorites. And if we also include indie games, the recipe for a potent and extremely dangerous attack vector is ripe for the taking.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, September 26th, 2025
How Technology Makes Scams Believable And How Bitdefender Helps Keep You Safe
Technology powers everything we do - from AI assistants that simplify our lives to IoT devices and social platforms that keep us connected. However, the very tools that empower individuals and businesses also give criminals with new ways to defraud victims worldwide.
more → Barracuda Networks, September 15,2025
Bitdefender Achieves Unparalleled Testing Results in VBSpam Benchmark
Bitdefender's GravityZone email threat protection technology has been at the forefront of the industry for over a decade, and new independent test results validate this once again.
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Why Hypervisors Are the New-ish Ransomware Target
One of the greatest challenges in cybersecurity is the constant evolution of threats. While the threat landscape changes frequently, a significant amount of publicly available information is a cumulative summary of threats from the last decade.
more → Bitdefender, Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Your AI Browser Could Be Hijacked by a Simple Hidden Message, Researchers Warn
The next generation of AI-powered browsers is moving beyond simple summarization to performing real-world tasks such as booking flights or handling banking requests for users. While this ushers in a whole new world of convenience and efficiency, it also brings various drawbacks, especially concerning security.
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
What Is Barrel Phishing And How To Protect Your Small Business
Phishing attacks are highly diverse. In the ever-evolving threat landscape, cybercriminals are always improving their tactics to deceive their targets. One of the more subtle tactics is called 'barrel phishing,' or 'double-barrel phishing.'
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
How To Spot A Fake Social Media Profile
Digital intimacy is perhaps the best way to describe our relationship with our online lives. We connect, befriend, and even fall in love with people we've never even met in person.
more → Bitdefender, Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
5 Sophisticated Scams Everyone Should Know About - And How To Spot Them
Scams have evolved beyond the clumsy spam emails of the past. Today's fraudsters use cutting-edge technology, believable identities, and clever psychology to trick even cautious consumers.
more → Bitdefender, Monday, August 11th, 2025
Introducing Cybersecurity Advisory Services: Guidance Through The Cybersecurity Maze
New technologies offer many exciting opportunities, but striking a balance between innovation and ensuring sensitive information remains protected and IT infrastructure stays secure remains a significant challenge.
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