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Stalker-like apps are the most widespread Facebook scams

Apr 1st, 2011 | By

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative Internet security solutions, released today a detailed infographic which revealed the dynamics of the Facebook scam landscape. Based on the statistics provided by Bitdefender safego, a free Bitdefender tool designed to protect social network accounts from privacy risks, e-threats and spam, the infographic details the types of messages used
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Sixty-Eight Percent of Users are Unaware of Suspicious Posts on Social Networks, According to New Study by BitDefender

Apr 1st, 2011 | By

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative Internet security solutions, announced today the results of a new study which focused on the different aspects of social interaction on social networks. The study also examined the different levels of exposure to security risks social network face when it comes to having knowledge of e-threats targeting these online
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BitDefender warns Facebook scam authors targeting Twitter

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

BitDefender, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, offers evidence supporting the close connection between the Twitter  scam reported by the Sophos naked security blog and a similar Facebook scam.   The BitDefender online threats team traced one of the URLs used to spread the “#howlong” Twitter attack and, based on the advanced statistics provided by bit.ly., managed
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BitDefender warns that Buying Gifts On-line can be Dangerous

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

Online shopping portals may seem safe, but not all sites that offer bargains, perfect presents or e-cards are to be trusted because cyber-criminals are always on the watch ready to use any occasion as bait to trick people into willingly giving away their credit card numbers, passwords, IDs or bank accounts.   In order to
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BitDefender Arms Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Against E-Threats with a Comprehensive Security and Management Solution

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

  Breaking new ground in efforts to address the security challenges facing small and medium-sized businesses(SMBs), BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, today launched a new version of its BitDefender Business Solutions.  The latest release includes features that make deploying and managing anti-virus protection easier within the network environment– while improving the ability to detect and
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BitDefender Moves Aggressively to Empower Channel with New Partner Program As Resellers Look Ahead to Growth Opportunities in 2011

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

   BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, today announced the launch of BitDefender Partner Advantage Network, a new channel partner program designed to accelerate partner revenue growth and market expansion. With the BitDefender Partner Advantage Network, the company is moving aggressively to better empower the reseller community to capitalize on growth opportunities in IT security, offering
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BitDefender re-invents safe browsing with TrafficLight Beta

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

 BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, is taking a new approach to safe browsing with today’s launch of TrafficLight, a real-time anti-virus and anti-phishing web scanner that, unlike most web safety solutions, is not a browser toolbar and does not rely on users to rate visited pages.   TrafficLight is browser-independent software that filters web
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BitDefender survey reveals Internet pornography remains a major e-threat source

Jan 24th, 2011 | By

   January 24, 2011 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative Internet security solutions, announced today the results that show that Internet pornography remains a main source of e-threats. BitDefender’s study, which exposes data security risks and implications when accessing adult content web sites,confirms that 63% of the users attempting to find adult content on
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BitDefender Collaborates with Freescale Semiconductor to Power New Security Solutions

Jan 23rd, 2011 | By

BUCHAREST, Romania – March 01, 2010 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, and Freescale Semiconductor, a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets, today announced a new collaboration to provide BitDefender’s industry-leading antivirus and antispam protection on Freescale’s new security appliance solutions integrated with Freescale’s VortiQa
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Malware Targeting Social Networks May Be The Biggest Current Mobile Security Threat, Says BitDefender

Jan 23rd, 2011 | By

   Malware that targets social networks such as Facebook is platform-independent and is as widely spread as malware that targets PCs, warned BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative Internet security solutions. According to goo.gl statistics, one of the URLs used for the propagation of a recent massive Facebook scam – promising to show users a
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