Bitdefender

The name of the antivirus always escapes me for that program.

Bitdefender.

Right.

I know that you guys work with Bitdefender and Malwarebytes as a package deal from Refresh Computer Superstore.

If you do go ahead and go forward with Bitdefender on your PC, should you disable Microsoft Defender?

So that's a good question, honestly.

And the nice thing with Windows is it already has a built-in recognition for that kind of that conflict you're talking about.

The goal is to say, buy 1Password knowing these risks.

Buy Bitdefender knowing these risks, buy whatever knowing these risks, right? And self-hosting doesn't erase the risks.

It just means you're the one holding the keys to all those risks.

There is nobody else to help you.

So we're talking your CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo, Fortinet, Trend, everybody.

Microsoft, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, and more.

that's both of the rats involved so uh just kind of like really circling back because i know i said a whole ton there scott um a few of the heavy pointers that i've seen out of this so mirage kitten is smoke sandstorm unc 1549 that that group is part of the iranian nexus actor groups right it's in that cluster and this is really the first time that we're seeing that that Nexus group leveraged this methodology that I can't not say it loud enough, we've been talking about all year long of leveraging Node and JavaScript to deliver and execute payloads.

It's been my most talked about theme, I think, and I'm not gonna stop until it stops, but it's been all year long, but it's interesting to me to see yet another APT level area adopt this mechanism and adopted in semi-big ways.

Now I have to say this because you guys have been bad.

You know that you know who you are and Bitdefender's consumer report talking to over 7,000 normies, 37% of you write your passwords down.

Are you kidding me? 18% of you use the same password for three or more accounts.

And let's be honest, that's probably all your accounts, right? So for basic it security hygiene passwords, use a password manager.

I don't care which one you use.

Just use one.

Obviously I'm a big fan of Bitdefender pick one, use it and use a secure, unique password for everything you log into.

Never use the same password and please, please use multi-factor authentication whenever you can.

WatchGuard ran a survey this year and found out that about two out of three employees admitted to using an AI tool at work that their employee never approved.

And perhaps most alarming, Bitdefender surveyed cybersecurity professionals directly, and nearly half admitted they don't have full visibility into which AI tools or people use day to day.

Nearly half.

I don't think that's really on their security teams, honestly.

I'll have to go back to that one later if we find it.

According to Bitdefender, so question nine, we're not going to go through and read the article because I clicked next because I screwed up.

According to Bitdefender, what is Midnight Mimosa? It's either Windows malware, Linux malware, iOS malware, or Android malware.

Midnight Defender.

So, What was that? Was it midnight blue? So midnight blue was.

This phone was compromised before the user turned it on.

Wow, okay.

Bitdefender.

Google brings AI-powered scam protection to Android.

Our guest is Nick Jackson, Global Director of Cybersecurity Services at Bitdefender, sharing how the UK are thinking about AI regulation.

And Braille meets brains.

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Google says its existing protections flag more than five million suspicious calls and messages monthly, while its bank verification system has blocked over three million fraudulent calls in Brazil since June.

The new features are rolling out to eligible Android devices, with some protections requiring users to opt in.

[upbeat music] Coming up after the break, my conversation with Nick Jackson from Bitdefender.

He's sharing how the UK is thinking about AI regulation.