Project Mayhem 2012 – Where, and when, may the Fawkes Virus surface?
by George Lucian Petre, on 18.11.2011
Anonymous claims it’s ready to unleash its mysterious “Fawkes Virus” on popular social networking sites after what it calls a testing period on Facebook. read more
Could This Be the 'Fawkes Virus'?
by George Lucian Petre, on 12.11.2011
How suspicious number one looks like read more
Phishy Honeypots: The Twitter Scams Picture
by George Lucian Petre, on 09.11.2011
When we started Safego for Twitter in August, we were curious about the structure of Twitter threats. We had multiple honeypots to analyze it and, since Twitter is so open, we had access to the scams that were publicly spread. But we still didn't have a clear picture of direct messages attacks. read more
When two plus two equals three. How grim is the Facebook account hijacking picture?
by George Lucian Petre, on 01.11.2011
Last week Facebook published a fascinating info-graphic on its security and anti-spam measures, as well as the size of the Facebook account hijacking phenomenon. read more
Thoughts from the battlefield - One year of fighting with social scams
by George Lucian Petre, on 27.10.2011
A year ago today, we launched Safego to protect Facebook users from scammers. In human time, it seems very recent. In scammer time, it seems like an eternity. read more
Bitdefender Identity Theft Protection Service Still Available at Zero Cost, Zero Impact
by Bitdefender Security Specialists, on 18.10.2011
Bitdefender’s Identity Theft Protection Service, a free product that protects you from identity theft and fraud, is still available to users of Bitdefender 2012 products even now – almost three months after the Aug. 1 launch of Bitdefender Security Suites. read more
Removal for Backdoor.R2D2, the alleged eavesdropping tool
by Bitdefender Security Specialists, on 10.10.2011
Bitdefender has released a new removal for controversial Backdoor.R2D2.A. read more
Five serious security and privacy concerns after f8
by George Lucian Petre, on 26.09.2011
While the Facebook new features will increase interaction between users, privacy and security issues were again pushed to new limits. What should we take care of? read more
Anonymous Snipes at WikiLeaks
by Bitdefender Security Specialists, on 02.09.2011
The enemy of my enemy is... my enemy? read more
Hacker Group Dumps Brazilian Public Servants Log-ins
by Bitdefender Security Specialists, on 26.08.2011
High profile `hacktivism’ inspires local copy cats read more
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Bitdefender Security Specialists
Bitdefender Labs -
Catalin Cosoi
Chief Security Researcher -
George Lucian Petre
Product Manager - Social Media Security -
Ligia Adam
Security Evangelist and Social Media Professional -
Sabina Datcu
Sabina Datcu, PhD has background training in Applied Informatics and Statistics, Biology and Foreign Languages and Literatures.