Category Archives: Consumer Alerts

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…

New Torii Botnet uncovered, more sophisticated than Mirai | Avast

written by Jakub Kroustek, Vladislav Iliushin, Anna Shirokova, Jan Neduchal and Martin Hron
Disclaimer: Analysis of the server content and samples was done on Thursday, September 20th. Follow the Avast Blog for further updates.&nbs…

The MSP Guide to Building Your Managed Security Services: Pricing Strategies | Avast Business

If you are thinking of reshaping your business into an MSP (managed service provider) that offers managed security services to SMB clients, your timing could not be better. Small to medium-sized businesses are in dire need of cybersecurity, and they ar…

Managing app permissions | How-to guide for Android phones | Avast

In the grand scheme of all things security, app permissions are generally treated as the least important. After all, who hasn’t felt that pang of impatience when shown one yes-or-no option after another, when all we want is to start using that cool new…