In 2016, Bitdefender uncovered a new advanced persistent threat dubbed Pacifier, targeting government institutions starting in 2014. Using malicious .doc documents and .zip files distributed via spear phishing e-mails, attackers would lure victims...
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Liviu Arsene is the proud owner of the secret to the fountain of never-ending energy. That's what's been helping him work his everything off as a passionate tech news editor for the past couple of years. He is the youngest and most restless member of the Bitdefender writer team and he covers mobile malware and security topics with fervor and a twist. His passions revolve around gadgets and technology, and he's always ready to write about what's hot and trendy out there in geek universe.
The Bart ransomware that encrypts machines without an internet connection has been analyzed by Bitdefender researchers, and victims can now download the Free...
Bitdefender vulnerability researcher Radu Caragea presented today at the Hack In The Box Amsterdam conference a novel way to extract TLS keys from virtual...
The Petya ransomware that has been encrypting the NTFS Master File Table has recently been analyzed by the Bitdefender research team and found to sport...
Windows ransomware has inflicted financial losses for the past couple of years, especially since almost half of victims end up paying to recover their files...
Bitdefender researchers have uncovered a massive global intelligence-gathering operation and performed an in-depth analysis of the cyber-espionage malware used...
Bitdefender has found a Stored XSS vulnerability in PayPal that could allow attackers to upload maliciously crafted files to perform attacks on PayPal...
An arbitrary code execution in the JetAudio Basic (v8.1.3) and JetVideo media players for Windows could allow an attacker to craft a malicious “.asf” file and...
The Bitdefender Research team analyzed popular Android app Instapaper and found it can be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that could expose users’...
The Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool has been updated to remove the self-signed Superfish root certificate shipped with Lenovo computers. Performing man-in-the...