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, 31 Oct 2026 18:38:00 GMT1800FTC takes down 19 fake government websites, cracks down on impersonation scamshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/ftc-shuts-down-19-fake-websites-impersonation-scams6ae4bccf8beeea965802b757Filip TRUȚĂFri, 30 Oct 2026 15:55:50 GMTBinance hack: $6.3B theft may trace to engineer's laptophttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/binance-hack-6-3-billion-laptop-breach6ae47e3d8beeea965802b702Vlad CONSTANTINESCUFri, 30 Oct 2026 11:24:26 GMTHackers leak personnel data of 41,000+ Homeland Security staff, including ICE and border agentshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/hackers-leak-41-000-dhs-staff-data6ae4483e8beeea965802b6c4Graham CLULEYFri, 30 Oct 2026 07:34:16 GMTFBI seizes Virtualine domain as police shut down servershttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/virtualine-domain-seized-fbi-bulletproof-hosting6ae334f28beeea965802b5fcVlad CONSTANTINESCUThu, 29 Oct 2026 12:01:45 GMTGoogle ads led travelers to fake government passport services, FTC allegeshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/fake-passport-websites-google-ads-ftc-lawsuit6ae1cce28beeea965802b429Filip TRUȚĂThu, 29 Oct 2026 08:04:57 GMTHive ransomware affiliate jailed, years after FBI infiltrated the gang's systemshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/hive-ransomware-jailed-fbi-infiltrated6ae20efa8beeea965802b535Graham CLULEYWed, 28 Oct 2026 15:05:14 GMTKingdom Come: Deliverance studio hit with cyberattackhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/kingdom-come-deliverance-cyberattack6ae209ff8beeea965802b51fSilviu STAHIEWed, 28 Oct 2026 14:52:51 GMTApple patches older iPhones against ‘extremely sophisticated’ attacks leveraging CoreGraphics flawhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/apple-patches-older-iphones-exploited-coregraphics-zero-day6ae1d2bc8beeea965802b4a5Filip TRUȚĂWed, 28 Oct 2026 10:51:13 GMT$36.9 million crypto scam: Chinese national extradited to US over alleged money-laundering rolehttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/chinese-national-extradited-36-million-crypto-scam6ae1cb048beeea965802b40eFilip TRUȚĂWed, 28 Oct 2026 10:16:27 GMTScammers Are Telling Norwegians to Drop Gold in Forests for ‘Safekeeping’https://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/norwegians-leave-gold-in-forest-scam6adf837a8beeea965802b28aAlina BÎZGĂMon, 26 Oct 2026 17:11:47 GMTUS Army employee pleads guilty to stealing veterans' benefits using leaked recordshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/us-army-insider-veterans-identity-theft-fraud6adf577b8beeea965802b259Filip TRUȚĂMon, 26 Oct 2026 13:40:24 GMTOperation Serengeti III nets 1,462 arrests as police expose fake investment ringshttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/operation-serengeti-iii-cybercrime-arrests6adb4d638beeea965802b14aVlad CONSTANTINESCUFri, 23 Oct 2026 12:06:42 GMTHacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD partyhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-leaks-281-gb-data-germany-afd6adb4cfa8beeea965802b136Graham CLULEYFri, 23 Oct 2026 12:03:57 GMTBooking.com has a scam problem. The EU wants answershttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/eu-booking-com-phishing-scams-investigation6ada13828beeea965802b09fFilip TRUȚĂThu, 22 Oct 2026 13:47:44 GMTChrome adds ClickFix alerts as Gemini scam checks expandhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/chrome-gemini-scam-detection-clickfix-warnings6ad9ef808beeea965802b065Vlad CONSTANTINESCUThu, 22 Oct 2026 11:12:45 GMT