Author Archives: Avast Blog

One wrong click can devastate your small business: so what can you do?

In our fast-paced online world, small businesses face a real challenge when it comes to protecting employees’ web browsing. Without the right tools, enforcing internal policies to safeguard your company against cyberthreats and bolster complia…

Why one in 20 people fall for dating scams – and how to not be one of them

Imagine, for a moment, you’re deep into the world of online dating, trying to find “The One”—or at least “a One.” You wouldn’t be alone: Online dating is one of the most popular ways for people to meet their match, with 3 in 10 U.S. adults say…

Here are all the red flags Charlotte Cowles missed in that viral NY Mag article

Last week, Charlotte Cowles—a seasoned journalist with a notable tenure at the New York Times and a seven-year streak of writing a personal finance column at The Cut—published a piece about how she’d fallen for a wild scam. It began innocently…

Malicious PDFs, deepfakes, and romance scams were just some of the 10 billion cyber attacks we saw last year

If you’ve been hoping that cyber attacks were on the decline, brace yourself for a reality check: 2023 was an unprecedented year in cyber threats. We witnessed more than 10 billion attacks , shattering previous records. This isn’t just another…

The Taylor Swift deepfake porn is nothing new – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be concerned

In a recent unsettling turn of events, AI-generated explicit images of the renowned singer Taylor Swift have flooded X (formerly Twitter), illustrating the darker side of AI capabilities. These images, believed to be created using Microsoft De…