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Passwords remain one of the biggest problems of the modern digital world Users make the same mistakes, over and over Even high-profile users like the president of the United States makes the same mistakes

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• Passwords remain one of the biggest problems of the modern digital world
• Users make the same mistakes, over and over
• Even high-profile users like the president of the United States makes the same mistakes

Passwords remain the principal gateway to people’s data, but they are also the bane of cybersecurity efforts for one simple reason: They represent an element of protection controlled by the human side of the cybersecurity chain, and humans are the weakest link.

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User names and passwords are the most common way for users to authenticate to online services, and that won’t change anytime soon. In most cases, though, people are the ones who choose those credentials. Unfortunately, humans have a poor track record in this regard, reusing old passwords or choosing weak ones. Worse still, they don’t even change default credentials in their IoT devices.

Some compromises had to be made to better secure authentication. Organizations now impose specific rules when choosing a new password, but online services can’t know if someone reuses a password from another service. Also, multi-factor authentication is slowly becoming the norm, drastically increasing security in many situations.

People don’t seem to learn

The same mistakes show up every year, despite efforts to educate people. A recent study showed that the most common password remains ‘123456’: on average, one in every 142 Passwords is ‘123456’.

Data breaches don’t seem to put a dent into users’ behavior, as a paper from Carnegie Mellon University shows. After a data breach, most users who actually do change their passwords chose a similar or weaker one.

Recycling is also a big problem: people use the same passwords (with small variations) across multiple online services. As soon as hackers breach a database of credentials, all online accounts using the same password are compromised as well.

Data from a LastPass report reveals 91 percent of consumers agree that using the same password or a variation of it poses a security risk. However, despite the intense global awareness of data breach attacks and online exposure dangers, 66 percent of respondents use the same password anyway, and 53 percent have not changed their passwords in the last 12 months.

Everyone is vulnerable

The latest high-profile victim of the habit of choosing poor passwords is none other than US President Donald Trump. Victor Gevers, security researcher and chair of the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, recently revealed that he could access the Twitter account of the president because he used an easy-to-guess the password: “maga2020!”. Two-factor authentication wasn’t set up.

To be fair, Twitter denied this happened, but the source of information and the fact that people choose their password badly makes this story plausible.

Finally, people make an assumption that’s always detrimental. They believe they have nothing that hackers want and they feel protected by simply being in a crowd. But hackers don’t really care about any of that. Credentials leaked today could very well be used in a phishing campaign two years later, when an unsuspecting user clicks on a link and installs malware. Even if hackers don’t steal a person’s data, they still benefit from access to the hardware itself, which can be used in much larger attacks.

The solution is not evident

People don’t change their cybersecurity habits easily. If they do, it takes a very long time. We have gathered a collection of useful tips for people who want to strengthen their password security and create strong and easy-to-remember passwords, but users should go a step further.

Security solutions such as the Bitdefender IoT Security Platform provide an all-encompassing umbrella to cover all the users’ needs. For example, in addition to assessing password strength, the platform has a brute force detection feature that recognizes if an attacker tries to log in too often.

But the platform is capable of much more than that, offering services that secure home devices across the board. It works best when integrated by ISPs into smart routers, providing users with required protection. It offers an undeniable value proposition for both consumers and ISPs, making it the ideal solution for smart homes.

After all, weak passwords represent just one of the many attack vectors consumers face every day. There’s no reason not to protect the rest of the environment and alleviate most of the other security issues, all in one swift swoop.

Bitdefender is a Romaniancybersecurity and anti-virus software company.^[1] It was founded in 2001 by Florin Talpeș who is currently the chief executive officer.^[2] Bitdefender develops and sells anti-virus software, internet security software, endpoint security software, and other cybersecurity products and services.

As of 2018, the software has about 500 million users worldwide.^[3]

History[edit]

Bitdefender software was originally developed by SOFTWIN and sold as AVX (Antivirus Expert) from 1996 until 2001, when its name was changed. In 2007, SOFTWIN spun off Bitdefender.^[4]

Bitdefender products[edit]

Bitdefender develops and markets anti-virus, internet security, endpoint security, and other cyber security products and services.

Consumer products[edit]

Bitdefender's Internet of things device protection solution is called Bitdefender BOX. The box is a router designed to protect smart home products and Internet of Things devices by blocking malicious internet traffic. It is available on both Windows and Mac.

Bitdefender offers a cloud-based security solution with anti-malware and anti-theft capabilities for Android and iOS users that is called Bitdefender Mobile Security.

Business products[edit]

For businesses, the company markets the Bitdefender GravityZone for Enterprise Security. It includes Self-configuring kits for deployment from desktop to datacenter to cloud, software that secures physical, virtual and cloud-based endpoints, and software that uses a Network of malware data to stay updated.^[5] Its software product for small businesses looking for simple security called Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security.

Bitdefender technologies[edit]

Bitdefender Antispam NeuNet[edit]

Bitdefender Antispam NeuNet,^[6] is an antispam filter trained by the Bitdefender Antispam Lab on a series of spam messages, so that it learns to recognize new spam by perceiving its similarities with the messages it has already examined.

B-HAVE[edit]

In May 2006 Bitdefender developed a new technology, B-HAVE, to reduce dependency on virus signatures through proactive detection of unknown threats. This technology is based on a behavioral analysis in a virtualized environment.^[7]

Active Virus Control[edit]

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Bitdefender introduced Active Virus Control in August 2009. This technology continuously monitors each program (specific processes) running on the PC as it executes, and it notes any malware-like actions. Each action is scored and, when a given threshold is reached, the process is reported as harmful.

Photon Technology[edit]

In its 2014 version, the company claimed to feature a new technology called 'Photon Technology', which it says visibly improves computer speed and performance by gradually adapting to each PC.^[8]

Content filtering technologies[edit]

Content filtering technologies have been developed to filter raw online content and are applicable and used in antispam, anti-phishing, web filtering, scanning of spam and social networks. They facilitate the creation of signatures to proactively detect never-before-seen malicious files.

Machine learning[edit]

The company claims that Bitdefender is using cloud-based machine learning to identify new malware, malicious URLs and other online threats by processing and analysing big data to obtain behavioral patterns and predict future advanced threats.

Licensing[edit]

In 2015, Qihoo 360 acknowledged accusations by three antivirus testing companies of providing for their testing a version of its anti-virus equipped with a antivirus engine licensed from Bitdefender, while the consumer version used Qihoo's own QVM engine instead.^[9][10] Currently,^[when?] Qihoo's 360 product includes Bitdefender, Avira and Qihoo-developed engine.^[11]

Criticism[edit]

Trojan.FakeAlert.5[edit]

On 20 March 2010, computers running Bitdefender under 64-bit versions of Windows were affected by a malfunctioning update which classified every executable program as well as dll files as infected. These files were all marked as 'Trojan.FakeAlert.5' and were moved into quarantine. This action led to software and systems malfunctions that affected users around the world.^[12] Bitdefender representatives announced the removal of the faulty update and a workaround for the users affected,^[13] except for those using the 2008 version.^[14]

Asus AiSuite incompatibility[edit]

Bitdefender is incompatible with Asus AiSuite2 and Asus AiSuite3, a motherboard optimization suite of software bundled with Asus motherboards which enables automatic overclocking, power tuning and fan control. Bitdefender claims that the incompatibility is due to 'NDIS Asus driver (WinpkFilter LightWeight Filter), which prevents the installation of some Bitdefender files'.^{[15][better source needed]}

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See also[edit]

• Code Shikara – a computer worm

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References[edit]

1. ^'Interview with Florin Talpes, CEO at Bitdefender'. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. ^'Bitdefender Management'. Bitdefender. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
3. ^'Anti-malware vendors: global market share 2018 | Statistic'. Statista. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
4. ^'Definition of: Bitdefender'. PC Magazine Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
5. ^'Bitdefender GravityZone Enterprise Security'. Bitdefender. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
6. ^Bitdefender Antispam NeuNet
7. ^'B-HAVE – The Road To Success'. Security-int.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009.
8. ^https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/Bitdefender-Photon%E2%84%A2-66.html
9. ^Wan, Adrian (5 May 2015). 'Qihoo cuts ties with three antivirus testing firms in software dispute'. South China Morning Post.
10. ^Keizer, Gregg (1 May 2015). 'Antivirus test labs call out Chinese security company as cheat'. Computerworld.
11. ^'360 Total Security'.
12. ^McMillan, Robert. 'Bad Bitdefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs'. PC World.
13. ^'Trojan.FakeAlert.5 Update issue'. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010.
14. ^Peter Bright (22 March 2010). 'Bitdefender update breaks 64-bit Windows PCs'.
15. ^'Bitdefender installation fails due to ASUS AI Suite software - Bitdefender Support Centre'. bitdefender.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

External links[edit]

• Official website(in Romanian)

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