Taking advantage of VPN vulnerabilities within hours after they had been announced publicly, Iranian government-backed hacking groups have been setting up secret backdoors in various countries around the world since 2019. ZDNet reported that the target…
The internet stands alone among technological advances as the single biggest factor in unifying the globe. No other invention has allowed people to communicate on such a scale and with such flexibility as the world wide web, and everything from trade t…
Building a successful managed services business is more challenging than ever before. Faced with market commoditization, increased competition, shrinking margins, and an ever-evolving threat landscape, progressive managed service providers (MSPs) are w…
With Valentine’s Day looming on the calendar like a pulsing red heart, the online dating world is sure to experience a flutter of activity. But it’s not just lonely hearts who are flocking to the dating sites – unfortunately, predators and scammers are…
Phishing scams are known to shapeshift into whatever the current climate’s highest fears and anxieties are, and the newest to emerge include one that pretends to contain urgent information on the coronavirus and another posing as tax forms. Wired repor…
convincing than ever, according to new research from Avast, a global leader in digital security products, released on Safer Internet Day 2020. The survey asked respondents to correctly identify the ‘phishing’ site from two seemingly identical screengra…
Less than 48 hours after the killing of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the …
I’d like to take this opportunity and address the situation regarding Avast’s sale of user data through its subsidiary Jumpshot. Avast’s core mission is to keep people around the world safe and secure, and I realize the recent news about Jumpshot has h…
In recent days media outlets have reported on Avast and our subsidiary Jumpshot. We know that when each of our more than 400 million users choose an Avast product, they choose to trust us with their security and privacy. That trust is core not only to …
Is machine learning useful for cybersecurity?