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Spooky Spam, Scary Scams: Halloween Threats Rise
Halloween-themed spam has risen sharply this season, with Bitdefender reporting that 40% of these emails contain malicious content designed to scam users or harvest personal data. In the first half of October ...
Security Boulevard
Unfading Sea Haze Attacks: Research Reveals Threat Group
Wajahat Raja | | APT, BitDefender, Chinese Hacking Groups, credential management, cyber attacks, Cyber Espionage, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity News, Endpoint security, FunnySwitch Backdoor, Gh0st RAT, Government security, Malware, Malware Detection, Military Security, Network Security, Remote Monitoring And Management (RMM), SerialPktdoor, South China Sea, spear-phishing, Threat Group, Unfading Sea Haze
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, a new player has emerged onto the scene, named Unfading Sea Haze attacks. This previously undisclosed threat group has garnered attention from researchers due to its ...
LG Smart TV Vulnerabilities: 91K Devices At Root Access Risk
Wajahat Raja | | BitDefender, Cybersecurity News, CybersecurityFlaws, cyberthreats, LGSmartTV, networksecurity, RootAccess, RouterSecurity, SmartTVHacking, SmartTVSecurity, SmartTVVulnerabilities, TVSecurityRisks, WebOS
Several security vulnerabilities have been identified in LG webOS, the operating system running on LG smart TVs. These LG Smart TV vulnerabilities could be exploited to bypass authorization controls and gain root ...

Watch This? Patch This! LG Fixes Smart TV Vulns
Richi Jennings | | BitDefender, bitdefender research, Consumer IoT, CVE-2023-6317, CVE-2023-6318, CVE-2023-6319, CVE-2023-6320, iot, LG, SB Blogwatch, Smart TV, Smart TV Security, Smart TV Vulnerability, Smart TVs, The ‘S’ in IoT stands for Security, TV, WebOS
4×CVE=RCE or Merely CE? Update your LG TV now, or let hackers root it. But is Bitdefender overhyping the issue? ...
Security Boulevard

70% of US IT Leaders Told Not to Disclose Data Breaches
Not all cybersecurity breaches get reported. A new report from Bitdefender found that although IT leaders have an obligation to report attacks, over 42% of them have been told to keep quiet ...
Security Boulevard

Now is the Time To Rethink Your BYOD Security Strategy: Q&A with Cybersecurity Insiders Founder, Holger Schulze
Woodrow Mosqueda | | advanced threat protection, ATP, BitDefender, bitglass, byod, BYOD Security, Cloud Apps and BYOD, Cloud Security, CrowdStrike, Cylance, digital footprint, Digital Transformation, Malware, Ransomware, SaaS, secure access service edge
As more companies embrace the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement to accommodate a rapidly evolving workforce, one question comes to mind: How are IT and security leaders handling this sudden wave ...

Ignorance is Bliss… for Hackers
Woodrow Mosqueda | | advanced threat protection, ATP, BitDefender, bitglass, byod, BYOD Security, Cloud Apps and BYOD, Cloud Security, CrowdStrike, Cylance, digital footprint, Digital Transformation, Malware, Ransomware, SaaS, secure access service edge
Imagine standing in front of the CEO and company board of directors, asking them for a check for an obscene amount of money to pay off hackers that are holding critical data ...

Will New Executive Order on Cybersecurity Fast Track Zero Trust?
Jonathan Andresen | | advanced threat protection, ATP, BitDefender, bitglass, byod, BYOD Security, Cloud Apps and BYOD, Cloud Security, CrowdStrike, Cylance, digital footprint, Digital Transformation, Malware, Ransomware, SaaS, secure access service edge
On May 12, US President Biden issued a landmark executive order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity that signals the need for governments and enterprises alike to boost their cyber defenses around the ...

Malware in the Cloud: Odds Are You’re Infected
Nate Springer | | advanced threat protection, ATP, BitDefender, bitglass, byod, BYOD Security, Cloud Apps and BYOD, Cloud Security, CrowdStrike, Cylance, digital footprint, Digital Transformation, Malware, Ransomware, SaaS, secure access service edge
Malware attacks increased by 358% in 2020, while ransomware attacks, in particular, increased by 435%. Additionally, malware is targeting cloud apps more than ever before, and, at any given moment, 44% of ...

Malicious Spam Is Adapting to the Pandemic, Bitdefender Telemetry Shows
Scam emails and phishing campaigns are surging as the COVID-19 pandemic is taking hold on a global level. Bitdefender telemetry reveals that attackers are changing and diversifying their messages to reach as ...