When ads go bad: Spotify ads served malicious content to free users
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Cybersecurity: SMBs At Greater Risk [infographic]
In Part 3 of our exploration of the state of cybersecurity — Part 1 examined the basics of business security, including the core functions (Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover), while Part 2 addressed the growing and evolving threat environment — we find that the size of your organization doesn’t matter when it comes to risks. The ugly truth is that all organizations are vulnerable, particularly small and medium businesses, which do not offer the financial potential of larger organizations, but also have neither the skills nor resources of wealthier targets.
The New Avast Brand
Could an Internet of Things botnet army threaten the internet?
Last week, security blogger Brian Krebs’ blog, KrebsOnSecurity.com, was taken offline with a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The sustained attack threw upwards of 620 gigabits per second of junk data at his site – more than enough to take down a site of that size.
Avast and AVG become one
Avast CEO Vince Steckler with Avast Threat Labs analysts
In July, we announced our plan to acquire AVG Technologies. Today, I am proud to announce the completion of the acquisition of a majority stake in AVG. So we will operate as a single company as …
Data breaches are the new normal [Infographic]
Secret Conversations on Messenger will hide your chats from Facebook
Secret Conversations available on mobile devices Source FB newsroom
2017 marks the end of virus definition updates for Avast version 4.8
Taking a trip down memory lane with Avast version 4.8.
Beginning in January 2017, virus definition updates will be discontinued for Avast version 4.8.
Avast’s New Call Blocker App Helps Users Avoid Unwanted Calls
Keep calm and pick up the phone with Avast Call Blocker.
For many iOS users, spam calls have slowly but steadily become a regular and bothersome part of life. Although users can label specified numbers as spam on their device, this is time-consuming and quickly gets old. Many call blocking apps require access to users’ contact lists, which isn’t ideal, as private contacts shouldn’t need to be seen by companies in order to provide protection.
Ransomware doesn’t sell itself: Marketing malware on the darknet
My colleagues from the Avast Threat Labs published an interesting (and detailed) blog post about Petya ransomware and its little brother, Mischa. This duo works together to encrypt disks and files, pushing innocent victims to pay thousands of dollars t…