Cybercrooks run their organizations like businesses these days. They have multinational offices, marketing departments, business development, and technical support teams. Maybe they also need some security… Malware entrepreneur sentenced to 57 months in prison One such malware entrepreneur, Alex Yucel, sold malware through a website that he operated, to other hackers. The Blackshades malware allowed […]
For as long as there have been governments, there have been spy agencies, and for as long as there have been spy agencies, they’ve done spying. Spy agencies are always looking for ways to get information. Information is valuable, always has been, always will be. ~Avast CEO Vince Steckler New documents from the many that […]
Last night the pilot episode of MR. ROBOT, a new thriller-drama series aired on USA Network. The show revolves around Elliot who works as a cyber security engineer by day and is a vigilante hacker by night. I watched the episode and then sat down with Avast security expert Pedram Amini, host of Avast’s new […]
We rely on our apps. Everyday we use our favorite ones to check news, the weather for our next trip, and communicate with our loved ones. Some apps, especially the system ones, are continuously in use, even if they are not the foremost app on your screen. The keyboard is one of them. Recently, a […]
Do you dream of lounging with an umbrella drink on a sunny beach, hiking by a pristine lake in the cool mountains, or leisurely strolling through a world class museum? As you begin to make summer vacation plans, much of it planned and reserved via the Internet, here are a few scams to be aware […]
Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to attend Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, where mobile developers from far and wide came together to learn about the future of iOS and OS X systems. Along with being the first time I was able to participate in this sought-after conference, it was also […]
VPN service Hola, which has millions of users, recently came under fire for not being as up front with their users as they should have been. In the past weeks it has been revealed that Hola does the following: allows Hola users to use each others’ bandwidth sells their users’ bandwidth to their sister company […]
Frage der Woche: Warum jagen Avast und andere Antiviren-Anbieter uns Angst ein mit all den Nachrichten über Viren und gefährliche Apps? Das weckt die Vermutung, dass die Antiviren-Hersteller selbst hinter der Entwicklung neuer Schadprogramme stecken. Avast und andere seriöse Antivirenhersteller stecken natürlich nicht selbst hinter Schadprogrammen – es gibt genug davon, ohne dass unsere Entwickler […]
We rely on our apps. Every day, we use our favorites to check the news, the weather forecast for our upcoming holidays, and to communicate with our beloved ones. Some apps, especially system apps, are continuously used regardless of other apps that are in use. Keyboard is one of them. Recently, a dangerous vulnerability was discovered […]
Just about a year after a plethora of celebrities’ nude photos were leaked online, two homes in south Chicago have been raided and investigators have named one of the suspected hackers. As this controversial story and investigation continues to unfold, Avast researchers have come up with a few speculations regarding the origin and motivation behind […]