Category Archives: Consumer Alerts

Google tracking, a fax attack, and a vote of “un-confidence” | Avast

Google may still be tracking you…
Adding to the growing mistrust consumers have about what tech companies do with the data they collect, we learned this week from an Associated Press investigation that Google still tracks and stores your whereabouts…

Google tracking, a fax attack, and a vote of “un-confidence” | Avast

Google may still be tracking you…
Adding to the growing mistrust consumers have about what tech companies do with the data they collect, we learned this week from an Associated Press investigation that Google still tracks and stores your whereabouts…

Avast research finds at least 32,000 smart homes and businesses at risk of leaking data | Avast

Introduction
Today, we hear a lot about IoT, which stands for internet of things. All these smart boxes, light bulbs, shades, thermostats, voice assistants, and smart machines are slowly sneaking into our households, businesses and industrial environm…

Avast research finds at least 32,000 smart homes and businesses at risk of leaking data | Avast

Introduction
Today, we hear a lot about IoT, which stands for internet of things. All these smart boxes, light bulbs, shades, thermostats, voice assistants, and smart machines are slowly sneaking into our households, businesses and industrial environm…

How to Create a Strong Password and Beat the Hackers | Avast

Every week, our researchers round up the latest security news and report our findings in these blog pages. If you’ve been reading, you may have noticed a particularly nasty trend claiming new victims week after week — data breaches. In the last two mon…