We are excited to be at this year’s Viva Technology, a global meeting of leaders and startups being held May 16-18 this week at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. If you missed us at MWC in Barcelona last February, here’s another chance to meet our cy…
Imagine that the very security tool you put in place to keep intruders out of your home is suddenly being used as a doorway in. This nightmare is a reality for an increasing number of victims.As reported by The Washington Post, the California mom of a …
Smart technology and the internet of things (we’ll call it IoT for business, and smart devices for the home) is developing fast, often with little or no built-in security. At home, seduced by the attraction of new technology, we buy and use these smart…
The internet is full of tips on how to keep your children safe online… but what about your parents? Many didn’t grow up with the internet, and reports often show that older users are more likely to fall victim to scams such as clicking on unsafe …
Remember when a cell phone was primarily for making phone calls? Now smartphones have become our go-to digital interface.
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…
Wireless routers are perhaps the most fundamental piece of technology required for an internet-connected house. Seventy-six percent of households in the US use Wi-Fi as the primary means of connecting to the internet, and routers give us our Wi-Fi. But…
There are certain things we as consumers have come to do intuitively: brushing our teeth in the morning; looking both ways before crossing a city street; buckling up when we get into a car.
We’re counting down the last few days to RSA 2019, where Avast’s cybersecurity team will join more than 50,000 people at Moscone Center from March 4 – 8. This year’s theme is 2019: Better, a message that “ensuring a brighter future requires all of us —…
Our society, our countries, our planet run on mobile networks like never before. Consumers do more than enjoy telecom convenience — they depend on it. As a result, competition to become the consumer’s preferred network is fierce. A multitude of offeri…