Stay Safe Working Remotely Over The Holidays | Avast
New data shows that good work-from-home cybersecurity habits have never been a more relevant topic than right now, in the 2019 holiday season.
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How Hackers Get Our CVV Numbers | Avast
The end-of-year online buying season is a bank fraud frenzy. This used to be done by criminals using stolen or cloned payment cards in person, via card-present (CP) fraudulent transactions. The introduction of chip-based Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (…
Avast Helps Entrepreneur Launch Her Startup | Avast
Avast is helping a 22-year-old entrepreneur who was fed her mother’s homemade baby food as an infant to launch a company to grow, make, and deliver similar baby food to other families.
Avast Threat Labs Uncovers Brazil Cyberattacks | Avast
In late November the Avast Threat Labs team discovered cyberattacks that exploited Brazilian users’ routers to send them to phishing pages designed to look like actual websites the victim wanted to visit. In this case, sites included Brazilian banking,…
Two Russian Hackers Wanted for Widespread Cyberattacks | Avast
The U.S. Department of Justice is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of two Russian hackers allegedly responsible for tens of millions of dollars in damages due to cybercrime. NBC News reported that Maksim Yakubets and …
PKI Is The Cornerstone Of Digital Privacy | Avast
For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI, a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users.
Avast Releases 2020 Threat Landscape Report | Avast
In the new 2020 release of its annual Threat Landscape Report, Avast predicts criminals will innovate malicious emails by harnessing sophisticated tools; the mobile industry will be hit by more subscription scams; and IoT data will be a major target. A…
How To Make A Connected Life Safe Again | Avast
The Internet of Things has introduced new cybersecurity threats to our homes and our lives. For victims of domestic violence, that danger can be profoundly invasive. Taking back their privacy can be a necessary step toward safety and sanity.
Erica Olsen Of NNEDV On IOT Devices | Avast
What happens when the Internet of Things becomes a threat to the people in a connected home? University College London researchers found in a report last year that “IoT systems currently lack well-established security and privacy settings and are inher…
Dexphot Malware Cryptojacked 80,000+ Computers | Avast
Microsoft’s security team released details about a new malware that uses sophisticated and stealthy tactics to evade detection, ZDNet reported. Dexphot, as the malware is called, runs a complicated series of actions to infect and hijack the system for …