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Cybersecurity Awareness Outpaces Resilience
Despite having a high awareness of cyber risks, many organizations are struggling to build operational resilience, with gaps in visibility, capability, priorities, and culture hindering their ability to effectively manage threats. The 2026 Bitdefender Cybersecurity Assessment reveals a concerning disconnect between knowing the risks and taking action to mitigate them.
Fraudsters Target F1 Fans with Fake Streams, Counterfeit Merch Scams
When it comes to motorsports, speed is a double-edged sword - while the action is fast-paced and thrilling, it also creates opportunities for scammers to strike, as noted by Bogdan Botezatu, senior director of threat research at Bitdefender. Cybercriminals are now targeting F1 fans with fake streams and counterfeit merch scams, making it essential for fans to stay vigilant.
Cybersecurity Predictions 2026 Exclusive: Worst Risks Ahead
AI-enabled threats are already reshaping the attack landscape—making reconnaissance, social engineering and vulnerability hunting faster and cheaper. Bitdefender’s data-driven webinar cuts through the headlines to show boards and C‑suites which risks merit action and which are just noise.
Hackers Weaponize Windows Hyper-V in Stunning EDR Evasion
Think your EDR has you covered? Attackers are enabling Windows Hyper-V on compromised machines and spinning up tiny Alpine Linux VMs to run malware out of sight of host-based sensors—making virtualization the new stealth tactic defenders must watch for.
2025 cybersecurity assessment: Exclusive Risky Alert
Bitdefender’s 2025 Cybersecurity Assessment warns that a dangerous habit of hiding breaches is spreading as AI empowers attackers and leadership drifts from frontline reality. The report calls for transparency, tighter attack-surface hygiene, and cultural change before secrecy turns incidents into disasters.
fileless malware: Devastating Exclusive Threat
Researchers say a Chinese-linked APT used fileless malware to hide in a Philippine military contractor’s memory, quietly siphoning sensitive data while evading traditional detection. The breach is a wake-up call to move beyond signature-based defenses, tighten access controls, and shore up the defense supply chain.
China Launched Egg Attacks: Alarming Risky Campaign
Researchers uncovered EggStreme, a stealthy in‑memory malware framework tied to intrusions against a Philippine military contractor that mirror Chinese APT tactics. Its fileless, modular design — ideal for long‑term spying or sabotage — is a wake‑up call to tighten contractor cyber hygiene, MFA, and public‑private defenses.