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Malware Hiding in GoT Torrents | Avast
Winter is coming for GoT pirates
With the popular HBO show returning this month, cybersecurity experts warn Game of Thrones fans that pirated episodes are among the most malware-infected files in the BitTorrent world. In 2018, 17% of all infected pira…
How to Identify an Online Scam | Avast
Social media networks are a great way for people to connect, keep in touch, update friends and family, but also a great place to spread fraudulent offers. Cybercriminals continuously take advantage of social media networks, like Facebook, to make money…
540M Facebook Records Exposed on Amazon Servers | Avast
Facebook strikes again. In the latest security gaffe by the social media giant, over half a billion Facebook records have been found sitting in plain sight by third parties using Amazon’s cloud services. None of the cloud servers were password protecte…
Planet Hollywood Owner Hit By Data Breach | Avast
Earl Enterprises — the parent company of famed Planet Hollywood and Buca di Beppo restaurant chains — last week admitted to suffering a payment card data breach over a 10-month period.
Planet Hollywood Owner Hit By Data Breach | Avast
Earl Enterprises — the parent company of famed Planet Hollywood and Buca di Beppo restaurant chains — last week admitted to suffering a payment card data breach over a 10-month period.
Digital Disinformation Runs Rampant | Avast
President Trump’s constant mislabeling of mainstream news reports he doesn’t appreciate as “fake news” has done much to muddle the accurate definition of this profound global force – and obscure the societal damage this rising phenomenon is precipitati…
Cybercriminals Fall for IoT Honeypots | Avast
On Sunday 24th February, the eve of Mobile World Congress 2019, Avast security researchers Martin Hron, Vladislav Iliushin, Libor Bakajsa, and Anna Shirokova set a project in motion: the deployment of 500 honeypots in 10 countries around the world that…
Scammer steals over a million from Google and FB | Avast
Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering, the sum of which netted him $99 million from Facebook and $23 million from Google. What may sound like a complicated scheme was actu…
Stealing Kids’ Data and More Security News | Avast
Child’s play
A disturbing new trend is emerging from the dark web underworld. Cybercriminals are now using the personal data of children to set up credit lines and perpetrate identity theft. Because children naturally have fresh, unblemished credit, t…