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AI is becoming the weapon of choice for cybercriminals

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AI is becoming the weapon of choice for cybercriminals 2024-12-20 at 07:03 By Help Net Security AI changes how organizations look at cybersecurity GenAI is compromising security while promising efficiency This article highlights key findings from 2024 reports on AI and GenAI technologies, focusing on their potential and major challenges. Overreliance on GenAI to develop […]

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Bitdefender GravityZone XDR enhancements protect business data stored in the cloud

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Bitdefender GravityZone XDR enhancements protect business data stored in the cloud 2024-12-05 at 16:18 By Industry News Bitdefender announced enhancements to its GravityZone XDR platform with the addition of its new Business Applications sensor, designed to protect corporate data hosted and stored in cloud-based productivity and collaboration applications. The sensor will initially support Atlassian cloud

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Bitdefender Total Security Vulnerabilities: Recent Patches and Recommendations

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Bitdefender Total Security Vulnerabilities: Recent Patches and Recommendations 2024-10-22 at 16:16 By daksh sharma Overview Bitdefender has issued a security advisory detailing critical vulnerabilities within its flagship products, Bitdefender Total Security and SafePay. These vulnerabilities pose significant risks to users and require urgent patching. Bitdefender Total Security serves as a cybersecurity solution designed to protect

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Cybercrime’s constant rise is becoming everyone’s problem

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Cybercrime’s constant rise is becoming everyone’s problem 2024-10-18 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Cybercrime in recent years shows no signs of slowing down, with phishing attacks surging and ransomware tactics becoming more advanced, forcing organizations to constantly adapt their defenses. The rise of deepfake technology, especially in creating realistic audio impersonations, poses new dangers.

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Bitdefender Scam Copilot detects and combats online scams

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Bitdefender Scam Copilot detects and combats online scams 2024-10-15 at 17:16 By Industry News Bitdefender launched Scam Copilot, an advanced technology platform powered by AI and designed to detect and fight scams along with fraud attempts across devices including computers, tablets, and mobile phones. The platform has been integrated into several Bitdefender digital life protection

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Infosec products of the month: September 2024

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Infosec products of the month: September 2024 2024-10-01 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Absolute, anecdotes, ArmorCode, Binarly, Bitdefender, Druva, F5 Networks, Gcore, Guardsquare, Huntress, Ketch, LOKKER, Malwarebytes, NETGEAR, Nudge Security, Prompt Security, Rapid7, Revenera, Skyhigh Security, Strivacity, Tenable, Trellix,

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New infosec products of the week: September 27, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: September 27, 2024 2024-09-27 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Absolute, ArmorCode, Bitdefender, Guardsquare, Malwarebytes, NETGEAR, and Nudge Security. Bitdefender debuts GravityZone PHASR, enhancing security through user behavior analysis GravityZone PHASR enables security teams

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Bitdefender debuts GravityZone PHASR, enhancing security through user behavior analysis

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Bitdefender debuts GravityZone PHASR, enhancing security through user behavior analysis 2024-09-23 at 12:16 By Industry News Bitdefender has unveiled Bitdefender GravityZone Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR), a technology that transforms how defense-in-depth-security is applied and managed across businesses. GravityZone PHASR analyzes individual user behavior such as application use, resource privileges, and others, clustering

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New infosec products of the week: September 6, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: September 6, 2024 2024-09-06 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Binarly, Bitdefender, Prompt Security, Revenera, Skyhigh Security, and Vanta. Bitdefender Security for Creators protects YouTube content creators and influencers from hackers Bitdefender Security for

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Bitdefender Security for Creators protects YouTube content creators and influencers from hackers

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Bitdefender Security for Creators protects YouTube content creators and influencers from hackers 2024-09-05 at 13:02 By Industry News Bitdefender unveiled Bitdefender Security for Creators, a service specifically designed for digital content producers, online creative professionals and social media influencers who are prime targets for account takeovers, fraud, and other cybercrimes. Initially the new offering protects

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Some good may come out of the CrowdStrike outage

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Some good may come out of the CrowdStrike outage 2024-07-29 at 19:31 By Zeljka Zorz Estimated financial losses due to the recent massive IT outage triggered by the faulty CrowdStrike update are counted in billions, but the unfortunate incident is having several positive effects, as well. Some silver linings As CrowdStrike was forced to explain,

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99% of IoT exploitation attempts rely on previously known CVEs

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99% of IoT exploitation attempts rely on previously known CVEs 2024-07-05 at 07:31 By Help Net Security The explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has brought about a wide range of security and privacy challenges, according to Bitdefender and NETGEAR. The report is based on global telemetry of 3.8 million homes and 50 million

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GenAI keeps cybersecurity pros on high alert

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GenAI keeps cybersecurity pros on high alert 2024-06-13 at 06:01 By Help Net Security “Businesses across every industry face unprecedented challenges posed by an increasing attack surface, zero-day vulnerabilities, cloud misconfigurations, and new emerging threats driven by AI,” said Andrei Florescu, president and GM of Bitdefender Business Solutions Group. “The findings of our recent survey

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Understanding cyber risks beyond data breaches

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Understanding cyber risks beyond data breaches 2024-05-20 at 06:01 By Help Net Security While some may associate cyber risks primarily with technology and data breaches, they can also lead to brand or reputational harm, reduced productivity, and financial losses. This Help Net Security round-up presents excerpts from previously recorded videos featuring security experts covering a

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Infosec products of the month: April 2024

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Infosec products of the month: April 2024 2024-05-01 at 05:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Akamai, Bitdefender, CyberInt, Fastly, Forcepoint, IDnow, Immuta, Index Engines, Invicti Security, LogRhythm, Netwrix, Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, Privacera, Redgate, ShadowDragon, Siemens, Tanium, Trend Micro, TrueMedia.org, Veriato,

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Audio deepfakes: What they are, and the risks they present

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Audio deepfakes: What they are, and the risks they present 2024-04-16 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Audio deepfakes are becoming a big problem. Recent cybercriminal campaigns use voice cloning technology to replicate the speech tone and patterns of celebrities such as Elon Musk, Mr. Beast Tiger Woods, and others and use them for endorsing

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New infosec products of the week: April 12, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: April 12, 2024 2024-04-12 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Akamai, Bitdefender, Siemens, Veriato, and Index Engines. SINEC Security Guard identifies vulnerable production assets The SINEC Security Guard offers automated vulnerability mapping and security

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LG smart TVs may be taken over by remote attackers

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LG smart TVs may be taken over by remote attackers 2024-04-09 at 21:02 By Zeljka Zorz Bitdefender researchers have uncovered four vulnerabilities in webOS, the operating system running on LG smart TVs, which may offer attackers unrestricted (root) access to the devices. “Although the vulnerable service is intended for LAN access only, Shodan, the search

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Bitdefender Digital Identity Protection guards against web data leaks

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Bitdefender Digital Identity Protection guards against web data leaks 2024-04-08 at 17:16 By Industry News Bitdefender has enhanced Bitdefender Digital Identity Protection, a service that monitors personal data in real-time by proactively scanning the internet including public sites, dark web, and underground forums for unauthorized leaks and data breaches that may put user accounts and

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XZ Utils backdoor: Detection tools, scripts, rules

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XZ Utils backdoor: Detection tools, scripts, rules 2024-04-08 at 16:31 By Zeljka Zorz As the analysis of the backdoor in XZ Utils continues, several security companies have provided tools and advice on how to detect its presence on Linux systems. What happened? The open-source XZ Utils compression utility has been backdoored by a skilled threat

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