The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill requires manufacturers and sellers of IoT devices to meet new cybersecurity standards to protect customers' privacy and security.

Officers at Southwark Police in South London warned that scammers are stealing user accounts by tricking WhatsApp users to share verification codes they are sent via SMS.

The scam, recently spotted by Bitdefender Antispam Lab, guarantees recipients a Sony PlayStation 5 gaming console in return for completing the online survey on behalf of UPS.

Bitdefender researchers have discovered a batch of new malicious Android applications that impersonate real ones from popular brands but with a twist to spread TeaBot and FluBot malware.

Despite many enforcement challenges seen throughout the years, European Union Data Protection Authorities, operating under the GDPR, have issued 661 fines for a total of nearly 300 million Euros.

According to the report, the fake Microsoft Authenticator extension was made available on April 23 this year after failing to be spotted by Google’s security systems and has reached 448 users.

In February 2021, Bitdefender researchers identified a new RIG Exploit Kit campaign exploiting two scripting engine vulnerabilities in unpatched Internet Explorer browsers.

Out of this, 98.34 percent of the attacks appear to have originated from IP addresses in Bangladesh, with 76.08% of targeted users in South Korea, 17% in Australia, and 1% in the US.

In 2020, The National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Active Cyber Defense (ACD) program managed to curb the online scam economy in a record-breaking takedown of 700,595 scams.

The investigation of sideloading techniques in several vulnerable applications by Bitdefender researchers led to the discovery of a long-running operation of a notorious APT group known as NAIKON.