In an email, DetoxRansome said they had taken control of two BitDefender cloud servers and “got all logins”. FORBES understands the ransom was not paid, whilst BitDefender could not offer any more details due to the ongoing police investigation. gov domain extensions, indicating government customers were affected. Over the weekend, the hacker dumped some data online, which appeared to contain more than 250 customers’ usernames and passwords. This article is based on the technical information provided courtesy of Bitdefender Malware Researcher Octavian MINEA.Īll product and company names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.As noted by blog Hacker Film, last Friday DetoxRansome had demanded BitDefender pay $15,000 or see its customer database leaked.
In fact, a click on the link takes users to spammy surveys and premium SMS scams.
In the meantime, a similar scam has started to make rounds on Twitter, promoting links to Bitdefender “free license keys” or Bitdefender Total Security crack alternatives. If users keep their antivirus solution updated, it will also protect them from rogue antivirus downloads, malware, spam and fraud. Users never get to download Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2015, but they are redirected to scams such as premium SMS fraud that copies Facebook’s design to look like a legitimate app of the social network.įor a month now, several “entrepreneurs” have also been spreading license keys for Bitdefender Total Security on Facebook.īitdefender has reported the fake YouTube video and the deceptive Facebook profile and advises users to be cautious before downloading security software from third parties. The options include direct downloads, “how smart are you” surveys and selections of soccer games. “It is very simple to verify, just complete any of the verification forms or surveys from the list below,” the message reads. The “Bitdefender” download is then blocked by a phony human verification warning. The grammatically-troubled spammers lure users into clicking on a URL-shortened link that hides a fraudulent website. “Bitdefender Antivirus Plus has got many advanced features that make it better than most of the other antivirus softwares available in the market.”
“Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2015 has been launched,” the YouTube description reads. The video had hundreds of views and several French users posted messages to warn others. The fake Bitdefender antivirus download posted on YouTube leads users to fraudulent surveys and premium SMS scams. They have started promoting fraudulent links on YouTube and Facebook promising the 2015 edition. Bitdefender fans are not the only ones excited about the 2015 suite release in the works – scammers are also preoccupied with the new antivirus edition.
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