New Hide ‘N Seek IoT Botnet using custom-built Peer-to-Peer communication spotted in the wild

Bitdefender researchers have uncovered an emerging botnet that uses advanced communication techniques to exploit victims and build its infrastructure. The bot, dubbed HNS, was intercepted by our IoT honeypot system following a credentials dictionary attack on the Telnet service. The bot was first spotted on Jan. 10 then faded away in the following days, only […]

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Predictions for 2018: zero-day exploits leaked from security agencies, next-level ransomware

As 2017 draws to an end, the Bitdefender threat analysis unit is already looking into the upcoming malware developments that will likely emerge in the year to come. Bitdefender experts predict an increase of zero-day exploits leaked from security agencies the world over, and massive changes to the way ransomware operates.

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Report Says 1.9 Billion Data Records Were Compromised During First-Half 2017 Breaches

What were the biggest cyber security culprits in the first half of 2017 from a data breach standpoint? Identity theft and poor internal security practices, according to the latest Breach Level Index (BLI) Report by Gemalto.

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