Category Archives: Consumer Alerts

A psychologist speaks: the psychology of cybercriminals and internet scams | Avast Business

“You might be well protected, but if someone in your office downloads the latest episode of Game Of Thrones from some shady site and brings it into the office on a USB, plugs it in… before you know it, you’ve got malware all through the system”

W…

Important Notice: End-of-support for Windows XP and Vista | Avast Business

In early 2019, Avast Antivirus client version 19 will kick cybersecurity to the next level. We will be releasing it throughout our home and business products. Avast Antivirus client version 19 will NOT be compatible with Windows XP or Vista operating s…

Phishing scams pick up the phone and MikroTik routers watch and listen | Avast

Bank phishing scam phones it in
Many banking customers in Brazil woke up to a rude shock as the security module they installed as instructed turned out to be a trojan. Dubbed Camubot, the Trojan malware proudly sports banking logos and other branding,…

Phishing scams pick up the phone and MikroTik routers watch and listen | Avast

Bank phishing scam phones it in
Many banking customers in Brazil woke up to a rude shock as the security module they installed as instructed turned out to be a trojan. Dubbed Camubot, the Trojan malware proudly sports banking logos and other branding,…

Denial: why do small businesses turn a blind eye to their biggest threat? | Avast Business

“You can lead a horse to water,” says Doctor Lee Hadlington, Associate Professor of Cyberpsychology at De Montfort University in Leicester. He doesn’t hide his exasperation. “Until a company gets attacked, or they know someone that’s been attacked, the…