Hacker Takes Over Donald Trump Jr.’s X Account, Posts that Former US President Has Died
The official X (former Twitter) account of Donald Trump Jr. started showing a large number of extremely offensive posts, leading…
September 2023
New Double-Hop Feature Enhances Bitdefender VPN on iOS and Android
The ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity necessitates continual advancements in protective technologies. In alignment with this need for robust online safety,…
Piilopuoti Dark Web Marketplace Taken Down by Finnish Law Enforcement with Bitdefender’s Help
Finnish Customs, in collaboration with Interpol and other law enforcement agencies, has announced the seizure of the Piilopuoti dark web…
New Revelations from the Snowden Documents
Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. Nothing…
TikTok Fixes Missing ‘Filter Video Keywords’ Safety Setting
In July 2022, TikTok introduced a tool called Filter Video Keywords to let users block videos with words or hashtags…
The Rise of the Malicious App
Security teams are familiar with threats emanating from third-party applications that employees add to improve their productivity. These apps are…
Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT): How to Build One
According to the World Economic Forum, “widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity” is rated as one of the greatest worldwide dangers…
China Accuses U.S. of Decade-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign Against Huawei Servers
China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) has accused the U.S. of breaking into Huawei's servers, stealing critical data, and implanting…
Cyber Group ‘Gold Melody’ Selling Compromised Access to Ransomware Attackers
A financially motivated threat actor has been outed as an initial access broker (IAB) that sells access to compromised organizations…
Ukrainian Hacker Suspected to be Behind “Free Download Manager” Malware Attack
The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) have acknowledged a security incident dating back to 2020 that led to its…