Bitdefender

Bitdefender is a cybersecurity firm based in Bucharest, Romania, with additional offices across the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Established in 2001 by Florin Talpeș, who is also the current CEO and primary shareholder, the company specializes in creating and providing cybersecurity solutions. Their offerings include endpoint security, cloud and managed security services, antivirus software, and IoT security solutions. Bitdefender products are available through partners in over 150 countries, with the U.S. market accounting for more than 40% of their revenue. As of 2020, the company had a workforce of over 1,600 employees globally.

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Supply-chain CAPTCHA attack hits over 100 car dealerships

1 month ago | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Vlad Constantinescu

A security researcher has discovered that the websites of over 100 car dealerships have been compromised in a supply-chain attack that attempted to infect the PCs of internet visitors. As researcher Randy McEoin explains in a blog post, cybercriminals infected the systems of LES Automotive, a company which provides a video services to help car dealerships market vehicles online.
Fake police call cryptocurrency investors to steal their funds

1 month ago | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Vlad Constantinescu

Have you had a phone call from police about your cryptocurrency wallet? Be on your guard - you could be about to be scammed. That's the clear warning issued by police in England, as it was disclosed how nine people have lost a combined £1 million in a phone-related cryptocurrency scam. According to the Kent police force, scammers have been exploiting personal information of residents that was included in a data leak to create fake Action Fraud reports.
Thailand cuts power and internet to areas of Myanmar to disrupt scam gangs

2 months ago | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Vlad Constantinescu |Silviu Stahie

The government of Thailand has cut the power supply to areas near its border with Myanmar that are known to host brutal scam compounds. These heavily-guarded fraud factories house armies of people, coerced into defrauding innocent people through bogus investment and romance baiting scams. The operators of the compounds earn billions of dollars each year from computer victims worldwide, with many of those in the compound misled or coerced to work for the scammers, trapped in virtual slavery.
Researchers Warn of Active GeoVision Botnet Used in DDoS and Cryptocurrency Attacks

Nov 17, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Silviu Stahie

Cybersecurity researchers have found an active botnet in the wild comprised of older GeoVision devices that have reached end of life (EOL). One good reason to replace older IoT devices is the lack of support that inevitably faces any kind of hardware. No device will receive support forever. At some point, any company making IoT devices will stop supporting older models and encourage people to move on to newer ones.
200,000 SelectBlinds customers have their cards skimmed in malware attack

Nov 10, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley

Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial SelectBlinds, a popular online retailer of blinds and shades, has disclosed a security breach that has impacted 206,238 of its customers. Hackers successfully managed to embed malware onto the company's website, capable of stealing sensitive information, including credit card details, names, addresses, phone numbers, and login credentials.
Fired Disney worker accused of hacking into restaurant menus, replacing them with Windings and false peanut allergy information

Nov 1, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Vlad Constantinescu

A disgruntled former Disney employee is facing charges that he hacked into the company's restaurant menu systems and wreaked havoc on its digital displays that could have potentially put lives at risk. Michael Scheuer left his role as a menu production manager at Walt Disney World in June, and is accused of abusing his knowledge of work passwords to log into the menu creation system used by Disney restaurants in Florida.
French ISP Free confirms data breach after hacker puts customer data up for auction

Oct 28, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Cristina POPOV |Silviu Stahie

One of the largest internet providers in France, Free S.A.S, has confirmed that it recently suffered a cybersecurity breach after a hacker attempted to sell what purported to be stolen data from the organisation on the dark web. Free told Le Monde that personal data related to some customers had indeed compromised after an attacker targeted a management tool.
US offers $10 million bounty for members of Iranian hacking gang

Oct 24, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley

A US $10 million reward is being offered to anyone who has information about four members of an Iranian hacking group. The US government's Rewards for Justice initiative is making the reward available for information about four men believed to be members of Shahid Hemmat, a hacking gang backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC).
Hackers breach Pokémon game developer, source code and personal information leaks online

Oct 15, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley

In what appears to be one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history, troves of information related to multiple incarnations of the video game has leaked online - creating ripples of excitement and concern throughout the fanbase.
Your robot vacuum cleaner might be spying on you

Oct 6, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley

When Sean Kelly bought a top-of-the-line vacuum cleaner, he imagined he was making a sensible purchase. Not only would his Ecovacs Deebot X2 help him keep the house he shares with his wife, twin toddlers and a five-month-old baby, clean, but he also felt confident that spending AU $2,500 (approximately US $1600) would ensure it would be well-secured from hackers.