Consumer InsightsNews, views and insights from the Bitdefender expertshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/https://download.bitdefender.com/resources/images/favicon/favicon-32x32.pngConsumer Insightshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/Bitdefender BlogSat, 15 Aug 2026 06:03:47 GMT1800737 fake Chrome VPN extensions exposed in proxy-routing campaignhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/fake-chrome-vpn-extensions-proxy-traffic6a7db0918beeea9658028c1aVlad CONSTANTINESCUThu, 13 Aug 2026 11:56:44 GMTFBI warns student-athletes of ongoing sextortion scamshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/fbi-student-athlete-sextortion-scam6a7c7c4c8beeea9658028b7dFilip TRUȚĂWed, 12 Aug 2026 14:18:42 GMTDeepfake OnlyFans accounts are scamming fans and putting creators at riskhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/deepfake-onlyfans-account-scam6a7adfcb8beeea9658028a0dFilip TRUȚĂTue, 11 Aug 2026 08:47:29 GMTMet Police exposed a woman’s address to her alleged stalkerhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/met-police-exposed-woman-address-stalker6a7ade1c8beeea96580289e6Filip TRUȚĂTue, 11 Aug 2026 08:36:01 GMTMeta's Ray-Bans are being banned from pubs, restaurants, and theatreshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/meta-ray-ban-banned-pubs-restaurants-theatres6a797ff38beeea96580288f7Graham CLULEYMon, 10 Aug 2026 07:39:22 GMTInterpol warns AI now powers more than half of cybercrime cases in Africahttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/interpol-ai-powers-cybercrime-africa6a7490a08beeea96580287d9Alina BÎZGĂThu, 06 Aug 2026 13:57:55 GMTRansom Cartel operator Maksim Silnikau jailed for 16 yearshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/ransom-cartel-maksim-silnikau-16-year-sentence6a7456898beeea96580287beVlad CONSTANTINESCUThu, 06 Aug 2026 09:42:25 GMTApple's bug bounty program is drowning in so much AI slop, it is in danger of missing serious exploitshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/apple-bug-bounty-ai-missing-exploits6a7425cf8beeea96580287aeGraham CLULEYThu, 06 Aug 2026 06:13:22 GMTOpenAI shuts down ChatGPT accounts used by organized scam networkshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/openai-shuts-down-chatgpt-accounts-used-by-organized-scam-networks6a71dd758beeea9658028716Alina BÎZGĂTue, 04 Aug 2026 12:53:32 GMTFake IRS letters target cryptocurrency holdershttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/fake-irs-letters-cryptocurrency6a71899f8beeea96580286d8Graham CLULEYTue, 04 Aug 2026 06:42:37 GMTBBB warns about ‘free’ gas and grocery card postcard scamshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/bbb-warns-about-free-gas-and-grocery-card-postcard-scams6a6c9e1e8beeea96580285a9Alina BÎZGĂFri, 31 Jul 2026 13:14:04 GMTBritain’s big push to make the internet saferhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/britain-push-cybercrime-scams-ai-internet-legislation6a6c55178beeea965802846fFilip TRUȚĂFri, 31 Jul 2026 08:20:41 GMTSplitVPN breach reveals 58 million hidden connection logshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/splitvpn-breach-58-million-connection-logs6a6b35c38beeea96580283f7Vlad CONSTANTINESCUThu, 30 Jul 2026 11:33:47 GMTNorth Korea's elite hackers turned on their own government — and got caughthttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/north-korea-hackers-own-government6a6aeaa58beeea96580283e7Graham CLULEYThu, 30 Jul 2026 06:10:29 GMTUS targets cyberscammers with visa restrictionshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/us-cyberscams-visa-restrictions6a68ae018beeea96580283a6Filip TRUȚĂTue, 28 Jul 2026 13:31:29 GMT