Category Archives: Consumer Alerts

How to detect and remove a virus from your Android phone | Avast

Previously in Part 1 of The Avast Guide to Android Apps, we covered all the common malware and how to deal with it. In part 2 of our ongoing series, we take a closer look at the murky world of Android viruses, how they can infect your smartphone, …

The NUUO Peekaboo vulnerability gives hackers your camera feed | Avast

New vulnerabilities found in NUUO surveillance software can put cybercriminals in the director’s chair. When exploited through a stack buffer overflow, the Peekaboo vulnerability grants hackers full control over the surveillance video. Assuming control…

The MSP Guide to Vertical Market Success: Spotlight on professional services | Avast Business

In this post, we’re continuing our theme of vertical market success for MSPs. In a densely populated industry, making your business stand out is more than a challenge. One potentially successful approach is to specialize in a particular vertical market…

Security news: More phishing, Canada pays ransom, SMBs are a target | Avast

Data breach in the wild
“Practice what you preach” was clearly not a part of the Swiss-based Veeam’s policy as someone left almost 200GB of data available to anyone online. The unsecured MongoDB server was open from August 31st, 2018 to September 9th,…

How to tell if an Android App is safe to install | Avast

By now, you should be familiar with that sudden bout of uncertainty as you are gearing up to install a new application. How do you check if an Android app is safe to install? Does it have a virus? What does a malware app even look like? If you have eve…

Data breach — 380,000 British Airways transactions compromised | Avast

Continuing the seemingly unending parade of data breaches marching through the headlines over the past year, including the Reddit breach, the Atlas Quantum breach, the Huazhu hotel chain breach, and the Air Canada breach — and those were all just in Au…

Data breach — 380,000 British Airways transactions compromised | Avast

Continuing the seemingly unending parade of data breaches marching through the headlines over the past year, including the Reddit breach, the Atlas Quantum breach, the Huazhu hotel chain breach, and the Air Canada breach — and those were all just in Au…

The MSP Guide to Building Your Managed Security Services: Defining and Bundling | Avast Business

Managed security services provide a great way to deliver the protection that today’s small and medium businesses (SMBs) require while providing an opportunity to differentiate and grow your business through new revenue and services. Done right, managed…