One of the most important pillars of Android security is the cryptographic signature key used by developers. Android app updates require that the sign key from the older app on your phone match the one you’re installing. Matching keys are requ…
One of the most important pillars of Android security is the cryptographic signature key used by developers. Android app updates require that the sign key from the older app on your phone match the one you’re installing. Matching keys are requ…
The end of the year is traditionally a time of reflection. In many industries — including cybersecurity and online privacy — it’s also a time of prediction around the year to come. This year, Avast has three major predictions for 2023: Ransomw…
The holiday season is upon us, and that means it’s time to start shopping for gifts. But it’s not just the hustle and bustle of the holiday season that you need to be aware of; there are also online scams that target unsuspecting consumers. Wh…
With Black Friday behind us and Christmas now just around the corner, many of us are expecting a number of packages to arrive at our homes. We can typically track these using a website run by the delivery service, or alternatively, less sophis…
With Black Friday behind us and Christmas now just around the corner, many of us are expecting a number of packages to arrive at our homes. We can typically track these using a website run by the delivery service, or alternatively, less sophis…
Last week, an international group of law enforcement agencies took down one of the biggest criminal operators of a spoofing-as-a-service enterprise. Called iSpoof, it collected more than $120M from victims across Europe, Australia, Ukraine, Ca…
Here’s an exciting piece of news: This week, the Association of Anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) is celebrating their 25th annual security conference in Singapore.
With the reinstatement of previously banned Twitter luminaries including Donald Trump and Kathy Griffin, now’s the perfect time to do further research into the role of social media in our public discourse.
We have seen scams trying to lure guys into relationships for many years. This was so common that back in 2007, for a few months I collected all those scam emails that I received. All of them were pretty obvious, with some picture of a beautif…