Bitdefender has launched the free 60-Second Virus Scanner desktop app for PC users. Bitdefender says that the 60-Second Virus scanner works with any other antivirus software already installed and can be used to double-check whether those security programs are doing their job. “With the 60-Second Virus Scanner, we aim to bring our top of [...]
View PostBitdefender 2013 is now available through the Windows Store for Windows 8 operated devices and computers. “It’s exciting to bring the latest generation in antivirus to the latest generation of Windows,” said Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist, Catalin Cosoi. “Windows 8 comes with a series of real enhancements that, together with Bitdefender security products, can bring [...]
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Bitdefender has brought to light a malicious email campaign that using celebrity names such as Madonna and Rihanna as bait has spread to Australia. Emails with subjects with ‘FWD: Best of Madonna’ and ‘Justin Bieber fan’s suicide’ contain links to malicious Russian domains or fake Canadian pharmacy sites. “Clicking on an email that contains names [...]
View Post bitdefender, botnet, malicious links, malware, securityTesting by analysis firm AV-Comparatives has found that Bitdefender Mobile Security (BMS) is in the top of protecting Android smart phones from malware infections and minimising impact on the phone’s batteries. “When we started designing Bitdefender Mobile Security, we set out to craft the perfect smartphone security suite – one that catches pretty much all [...]
View Post android, AV-Comparatives, bitdefender, bitdefender mobile security, malware, mobile security, smartphone, smartphonesNRL team the Western Tigers has released a statement addressing footballers Robbie Farah’s tweet last year when he suggested that Prime Minister Julia Gillard should get a noose for her birthday. The apology said: As you are aware I have been vocal in recent days about criticising those who say some pretty disgraceful things through [...]
View PostDo you have an interest in cryptography or just always wanted to learn how to protect your information? CryptoParties are a great way to meetup with people to share and learn basic cryptographic tools such as PGP/GPG, Tor, OTR, TrueCrypt, etc. There’s CrypParties scheduled around the world with the Sydney and Melbourne events being held [...]
View Post cryptoparties, cryptoparty, securityBitdefender has announced its iPhone security app, Clueful, has returned as a free web-app for iPhone, iPad and PCs, with a bevy of new features. The app was originally approved by Apple but was pulled from the App Store in July, just two months after its release. It is unclear why the app was removed [...]
View Post app store, apple, bitdefender, clueful, ios security, iPad, iPhone, PC, security appSophos has announced the availability of Sophos Mobile Security, a free lightweight anti-virus app that protects your Android device against malware, privacy issues and hardware loss—without reducing performance or battery life. Sophos Mobile Security is available for free download from Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sophos.smsec. “We’re seeing no slowdown in the number of malicious apps, as [...]
View Post android, android security, sophos, Sophos Mobile SecurityIT security vendor Sophos has published the latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ report of spam-relaying countries, for Q2 2012. Sophos reports are based on “spam captured in SophosLabs’s global network of spam traps”. Take a bow, India, you are first place for the world’s top spam-relaying country. With 11.4% of the world’s spam coming from you, Italy [...]
View Post anti virus, antivirus, India, kaspersky, portals, sophos, spam, spam kingFor those iPhone users out there, BitDefender have some news for you about what they discovered when they analysed the top 65,000 most popular apps in the App Store. One in five iOS apps (18.6 percent) can access your Address Book, 42.5 percent can track your location and over a third can store your data [...]
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