Author Archives: Avast Blog

Fleeceware drains money from account slowly over time – here’s how to spot it

If you’re anything like me, every few days you look at your credit card or bank transactions on your mobile and scroll through just to see if anything unusual jumps out at you. And more often than not, there’s nothing unusual at all. 

Why Whac-A-Mole is not a strategy for defending against ransomware attacks

Recently, I participated in a training exercise where a team of hackers (the red team) simulated an attack on an organization’s infrastructure, and a team of Cyber experts (the blue team) was tasked with responding to the incident and restorin…

Why Whac-A-Mole is not a strategy for defending against ransomware attacks

Recently, I participated in a training exercise where a team of hackers (the red team) simulated an attack on an organization’s infrastructure, and a team of Cyber experts (the blue team) was tasked with responding to the incident and restorin…

The 3 Cs of renting vs buying textbooks: Cost, convenience, and cybersecurity

Well, it’s that time of the year again: Students are scrambling to find the cheapest version of their textbooks they can. And with textbook prices being as high as they are, most of us usually decide to just take the cheaper route and rent all…