The massive hack against Target, in which 40 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen, began with stolen login credentials from the air-conditioning repairman. This illustrates the old adage, “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” While consumers can’t control why a third party contractor would have external network access at […]
Question of the week: What is the antivirus setting called DeepScreen? DeepScreen is a new technology inside avast! Antivirus 2014. When you are about to run a suspicious program which is not yet known to the other core antivirus technologies, DeepScreen is invoked. Its task is to simply distinguish between good and bad software. Although it seems […]
AVAST is gearing up to expand further into the US market. With nearly 14 million active avast! Antivirus users in the USA, some would call that a success, but we see it as an opportunity to protect American’s online lives and multiple devices in a bigger way. With the announcement of a new investment in the […]
A year has passed since we launched the Avast Bug Bounty Program. Let’s see some results: Almost one hundred submissions 25 submissions rewarded about $10,000 total One critical bug was rewarded $3,000 As you can see, this is a useful program – it helps AVAST keep our users secure and make our programs as strong […]
If you are one of the thousands of visitors headed to Sochi, Russia for Friday’s 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony then you will be hacked. Richard Engel, from NBC news, reported that it’s not if you get hacked, it’s when, and he discovered that it starts from the moment you turn on your device. In […]
AVAST is gearing up to expand further into the US market. With nearly 14 million active avast! Antivirus users in the USA, some would call that a success, but we see it as an opportunity to protect American’s online lives and multiple devices in a bigger way. With the announcement of a new investment in the […]
Did you ever lose your mobile device? Or did you ever accidentally drop it and could not restore your contact details, pictures, text messages? Perhaps you forgot that you have your brand new smartphone in your pocket, when you decided to jump into the pool during your vacation? We hope nothing like this has ever […]
Remember when throwing a sheep at your friend was one of the most fun things to do on Facebook? Well, today the world’s largest social networking site is all grown up and celebrates its tenth year in existence. Happy Birthday, Facebook! Here are 10 fun facts you can think about while Facebook’s 6,300 employees worldwide […]
AVAST Privacy IQ Quiz has finished. Before we will officially announce the winners, please check how you should answer and learn why! Do privacy policies guarantee that your information will be kept private? Correct answer: No A typical privacy policy includes information about the types of data the company collects and how it analyzes, discloses […]
“It has become second nature to connect various apps like Instagram, SocialCam, Angry Birds, CityVille, and Spotify to your Facebook ID. You just click ‘agree’ without even really knowing what you are agreeing to. What you don’t realize is that social apps linked to your Facebook profile can pretty much track your and your friends’ […]