Q4 2021 Threat Report | Avast
Earlier this week, Avast Threat Labs released the Q4 2021 Threat Report, which provides extensive coverage of major trends and events within the cybersecurity landscape that took place from October to December 2021.
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Google Topics | Avast
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has recently announced that it has a new idea to replace tracking cookies. Previously, they had floated the idea of FLoC which they claimed would increase privacy. However this was not accepted by pri…
Protecting Networks From Future Attacks | Avast
A new report on how to protect your networks from attack can be a helpful document that covers a lot of different bases within the cybersecurity landscape. The report, Proactive Preparation and Hardening to Protect Against Destructive Attac…
Apple Wallet Vaccine Cards | Avast
If you have an iPhone, you may have added your Covid-19 vaccine card to your Apple Wallet. It’s verified, scannable, and right there behind a quick face scan or PIN. It’s a convenient way to have your vaccination status on hand, whether you…
Fitness Trackers Get More Personalized | Avast
Wearable fitness trackers have widened their scope of health readings and seem to be heading in a direction where they can offer more personalized, substantial health data to users. Along with measuring steps and heart rate, fitness tracker…
Australia Phishing Survey Results | Avast
A record number of call, text message, and email phishing scams have been reported this year. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australians have reported over 62,000 phishing scams this year, with a rec…
Australia Phishing Survey Results | Avast
A record number of call, text message, and email phishing scams have been reported this year. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australians have reported over 62,000 phishing scams this year, with a rec…
Privacy Policies Are Hard to Read | Avast
In this instalment of the collaboration between Diffbot and Avast in which we analyze consumer privacy issues globally, we’d like to take an in-depth look at company privacy policies. The main takeaway from our research is that the privacy …
Rise In School Cybercrimes | Avast
You may have heard the term “script kiddies”, which usually refers to adults who hack into business networks. However, lately there has been a significant rise in cybercrime attacks from actual school-age children. A new report from the UK’…
A New Way to Advertise Online | Avast
The Avast team has been interested to learn about a recent proposal put forth by politicians in the US House of Representatives which calls for an end to targeted advertising, AKA surveillance advertising. We suggested this very same thing …