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Avast Still Supports Windows 7 | Avast
You probably heard that Microsoft officially stops support for Windows 7 on Jan. 14th 2020. If you are running the popular operating system, your computer will still function but Microsoft will no longer provide technical support for any issues, softwa…
How To Keep Your IT Team Motivated | Avast
It’s a pressure cooker for the IT and security channel today — a threat landscape that serves up constant surprises, tighter customer budgets, solution complexity requiring even more time, and then that thing called the “margin.”
Avast Team Prepares For Hack Cambridge | Avast
Hack Cambridge, the University of Cambridge’s annual hackathon, will soon bring together 300 hackers from universities all over the world. For 24 hours on Jan. 18-19, they will build, break and innovate to produce projects that push the boundarie…
DHS Warns of Potential Iranian Cyberattack | Avast
Expecting retaliation for the U.S. assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, has dispatched a notice informing businesses across…
5 Ways IT Service Providers Can Boost Sales | Avast
Generating consistent, recurring revenue and finding new ways to continuously provide value to customers is something that many IT providers struggle with.
2020’s Top Cybersecurity Threats Explained | Avast
The new year is a time for reflecting on the old and considering the new. In cybersecurity, this leads to a prediction-fest where vendors tell us what to expect over the next 12 months.
Ransomware Attackers Offer Holiday Discounts | Avast
In a new case of social engineering, certain ransomware attackers sent their victims holiday notes wishing them a merry Christmas and offering a limited-time discount on their ransom demands. The Maze ransomware group, which claimed responsibility for …
Q&A With Top Secret Exhibit Curator | Avast
One of the most interesting historical views of cybersecurity in 2020 was on display at London’s Science Museum in the exhibit TOP SECRET: From Cyphers To Cybersecurity, which marked the 100th birthday of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCH…
US Navy Bans TikTok From Military Devices | Avast
The U.S. Navy issued a bulletin announcing that the widely used social app TikTok is now seen as a cybersecurity threat and will no longer be allowed on any government-supplied devices. Reuters reported that the bulletin, posted on a Facebook page used…