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Study: Increased corporate espionage discovered
September 26, 2022
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Study: Increased corporate espionage discovered

Bitdefender has published a study detailing sophisticated corporate espionage against a US technology company. The attack took place over several months and focused on data exfiltration. An extensive network of several hundred IP addresses (most of them from China) were used for the attack. As part of the study, Bitdefender concludes that this type of attack is likely to increase and advises companies in industry, energy, finance, defense and other critical sectors to be on high alert. Spy campaign on Bitdefender partners…

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Ten million EZVIZ cameras with vulnerabilities 
September 17, 2022
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Bitdefender_News

Bitdefender Labs security researchers have discovered several vulnerabilities in popular EZVIZ smart cameras. Hackers can combine them and gain control over systems and access to content. An estimated ten million devices are affected. To do this, the perpetrators bypass existing authentication mechanisms. Bitdefender has informed the manufacturer and provided updates. Users should definitely patch and update their cameras. It is estimated that around ten million devices are affected. The estimate is based on known Android and iOS installations. Access to the video feed Hackers can use the gaps in unpatched cameras on the one hand…

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Cybercrime 2021: ransomware, spam & Co. unstoppable
September 14, 2022
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Cybercrime 2021: ransomware, spam & Co. unstoppable

In its annual Consumer Threat Landscape Report, Bitdefender compiles the results of the data observed in its telemetry for the year 2021. Especially during the pandemic, cybercriminals took advantage of the moment and increased the dangers for users enormously. For 2021, the manufacturer saw little light and much shadow. There were new negative records in almost all branches of cybercrime. Adding to this bleak outlook is a new front: unprotected digital identities, which through careless consumer behavior invite criminal activity from hackers. Windows system remain important targets for…

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Enhanced protection for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers
August 24, 2022
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Bitdefender technologies support the AWS service Amazon GuardDuty for advanced threat detection, helping to detect malware, zero-day attacks, malicious activity and other cybersecurity threats.

Bitdefender technologies support the AWS service Amazon GuardDuty for advanced threat detection, helping to detect malware, zero-day attacks, malicious activity and other cybersecurity threats. Bitdefender today announced that its antimalware technologies now support Amazon GuardDuty. Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that monitors malicious activity and anomalous behavior to protect Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts, workloads, and data. Better Protection for AWS Customers Bitdefender's antimalware technology offers AWS customers an advanced threat detection capability, identifying known and unknown malware, zero-day attacks and malicious activity. If…

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Cyber ​​security goes far beyond classic endpoints
July 29, 2022
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Cyber ​​security: IP cameras, building access solutions, sensors on assembly lines or printers connected to the web are making the front line of companies to the Internet increasingly confusing and increasing the potential for attack. Four arguments for a "security perspective" on the Internet of Things. If you want to protect yourself against hackers from the Internet of Things, you need more information and access to the IoT hardware - through extended endpoint security. This applies to all companies - especially for production and healthcare, which integrate IoT directly and very strongly into their processes. New IoT hardware due to pandemic…

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Key technologies against ransomware
July 13, 2022
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Key technologies against ransomware

Ransomware is a chronic threat. But their appearance is constantly changing. On the one hand, behind the permanent change there is a scene that is becoming more and more professional, thinks more economically or even politicizes itself in the current crisis. On the other hand, there are new technologies. Here Bitdefender shows four pillars for defending against extortion attacks. An effective defense must set up itself accordingly in depth and ward off the extortionate attacks in the various phases. The current Bitdefender Threat Report, which takes into account the telemetry data from the previous month, shows for the month of May 2022 how active…

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Analysis of Raccoon Password Stealer
July 5, 2022
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Bitdefender experts have prepared an analysis of Raccoon Password Stealer. The most amazing thing is that if Russian or Ukrainian is set as the local user language, the malware does not start in the system. Hackers use the RIG Exploit Kit to spread various malware via browser exploits, in particular via vulnerable versions of Internet Explorer 11. Since the beginning of this year, the backers of new attacks have been spreading Raccoon-Stealer malware, which, among other things, uses Chrome- and Mozilla-based access data Applications, access data for mail accounts, credit card information and information on crypto wallets in browser extensions and from a hard drive. Raccoon password stealer since…

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Attacks on MS Office apps using homograph phishing
June 22, 2022
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Attacks on MS Office apps using homograph phishing

According to a new study by Bitdefender Labs, all MS Office applications (including Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint) are vulnerable to international domain name (IDN) homograph phishing attacks in order to redirect users to different addresses. Bitdefender has consistently observed such homograph phishing for several months and strongly advises companies to take countermeasures to avoid associated risks. Bitdefender Labs reported this issue to Microsoft in October 2021 and the Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed the results as valid. It is still unclear if or when Microsoft will fix this problem...

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Cloud Security: Patch management for cloud workloads
June 3, 2022
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Cloud Security: Patch Management for Cloud Workloads

Cloud Security: Cloud computing has become a fundamental pillar of operations for businesses and organizations of all sizes. What is easy for the user turns out to be complex for the administrators at second glance and from the maintenance point of view. IT security managers should therefore be aware that cloud structures inevitably require patch management and that this task is their responsibility. More and more workloads and infrastructure are moving to the cloud, which provides mobile and content services and serves as an alternative to traditional network infrastructure. Eight out of ten companies now have a…

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Managed security services: important key to IT insurance protection
30 May 2022
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Managed security services: important key to IT insurance protection

In view of the economic dimensions of IT security incidents, IT insurance cover or cyber insurance can in many cases become the decisive lifeline for companies. The importance of cyber policies is therefore increasing. At the same time, the criteria for awarding them are becoming stricter. If you want to benefit from protection, you not only have to bring your IT security up to date, but also increasingly have to prove external protection - for example through managed security service providers. MSSP - Managed Security Service Provider Cyber ​​policies have become an important part of IT security for companies. They supplement existing defense technologies with an important component: absorbing the financial damage...

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