Category Archives: Consumer Alerts

Trojans go after MS Office vulnerabilities and China hacks US hardware

Danabot opens a US account
After making its presence felt in Australia and European banks, Danabot, a modular Trojan horse has made its way to the States. Written in Delphi, the perpetual beta modular malware can take screenshots, log keys and stealin…

Cologne-based edvXpert GmbH chooses Managed Workplace after competitive analysis | Avast Business

The Company
Founded in 2001, edvXpert GmbH is an IT service provider in Cologne, Germany that provides comprehensive IT support and security, infrastructure, and cloud computing services for small and medium-size enterprises with up to 200 employees.

Avast Business invites you to security master course | Avast Business

What are the top security concerns facing businesses today and what skills and knowledge does the IT channel need to tackle these?  How do you deliver multi-layered security on a small business budget and continue to build your managed security pr…

Ransomware attacks via RDP on the rise | Avast

Microsoft included Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) with its offerings for the first time in 1996. Since then, cybercriminals have been trying, sometimes with success, to hack into machines via this protocol and we’ve seen countless RDP attacks done by di…

The MSP Guide to Vertical Market Success: Spotlight on healthcare | Avast Business

By specializing in vertical markets, managed service providers (MSPs) gain new opportunities to build industry expertise that helps differentiate their business from the competition. Acquiring valuable knowledge about the systems and processes of a par…

Strengthen your security with Avast password generator | Avast

As a global community, we’ve been cruising around the internet for over twenty years. And we’ve gotten pretty darn fast at it. The cyber-highway is like an uber-autobahn, down which we all zip at lightning speeds, paying the credit card bill, making re…