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Top Facebook scams and malware attacks

Millions of people fell for Facebook scams in 2014. Though security experts, companies and tech-savvy users guard against Facebook cyber attacks, many unwary users continue to …

Top 5 social media security predictions for 2015

Mobile ransomware, targeted job fraud and Trojans lurking behind shocking videos are all expected to make their appearance on social media in 2015. Studies in the last year on …

One in three Americans don’t use basic malware protection

One in three US-based computer users don’t use an antivirus solution, according to a survey carried by Bitdefender in September. Only 67.3 percent of respondents are …

Spammers spreading new Wolf of Wall Street scam

Millions of penny stock spam emails have been flooding inboxes, spreading a new “Wolf of Wall Street’ scam and inflating the stock values of a mineral deposit …

How to keep your contactless payments secure

Contactless transactions – ranging from access control and ticketing to financial payments – emerged almost two decades ago and, since then, have become widely …

Are free file storage solutions a safe bet for businesses?

The benefits of cloud computing are becoming increasingly recognized, and with this heightened understanding comes growing numbers of UK businesses that are embracing the use …

9 ways to protect data on your smartphone

Recent headlines of Hollywood celebrities’ nude photos leaking onto the Internet remind us of the privacy risks we face when we store personal data – particularly …

What does the future hold for cloud computing?

Positive reports of increasing levels of cloud adoption in the UK were plentiful in the technology media in the first half of 2014. The majority of coverage indicates that …

Pushdo Trojan infects 11,000 systems in 24 hours

Bitdefender has discovered that a new variant of the Trojan component, Pushdo, has emerged. 77 machines have been infected in the UK via the botnet in the past 24 hours, with …

CryptoLocker is temporarily disabled, users still at risk

Bitdefender warns that while CyptoLocker is currently disabled, it could come back to life at any moment. As such, users need to take precautions to protect against this …

SMBs still use Windows XP and face security risks

Almost one in five small and medium businesses worldwide are currently exposed to major security risks as they are still using Windows XP after Microsoft ended support for the …

Twitter follower scams tricked thousands to gain followers

A series of enhanced follower scams have tricked thousands of Twitter users after a group abused the platform’s authentication system, its Trends section and TweetDeck. …

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