Today, countries around the world are fighting an unprecedented health and economic crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has put strain on people from all walks of life. We would like to preface this article with our sympathies towards those affected, and we …
Today Verizon published the latest 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). What sets the DBIR apart is that it combines breach data from multiple sources using the common industry collection, VERIS, a third-party repository where threat data is …
The COVID-19 crisis may have caused this year’s IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy to go virtual, but it did nothing to lessen the need for this forum of leading researchers and tech practitioners. If anything, we need it now more than ever. …
Whether you like to have multiple tabs open while you work or you’re a tab minimalist, Avast Secure Browser can help you separate your work tabs from your personal tabs for better at-a-glance organization. It’s easy for our minds to get as clutte…
With distant learning becoming the new normal, parents-turned-teachers navigating online course curriculums, and annual school dances evolving into living room proms, it goes without saying that COVID-19 has had an indelible impact on education. As we …
Björn Ruytenbe, a Dutch security researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, revealed details this week of a new attack he discovered that exploits a vulnerability in the common Intel Thunderbolt port found in millions of PCs around the world. Th…
Working together with Slovakia-based security company ESET, Avast researchers analyzed samples used by an APT group to target Central Asian entities including a telecommunications company, a gas company, and a governmental institution. The attackers in…
Exactly three years ago, a scourge known as WannaCry ransomware began its global spread. For Avast researchers, May 12, 2017 started like a typical Friday until Avast Antivirus blocked 2,000 users from ransomware attacks at 8am. Within the next hour, a…
Many of us are worried about our elders. It’s incredibly important that we protect them from the dangers of the COVID-19 virus, but as weeks stretch into months, we also need to keep loneliness and depression at bay until we can be together with them. …
Whether it’s improved processes, new revenue models, or even full automation of operations, digital technologies are enabling small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) to scale, drive productivity, and compete effectively in their markets. In fact, 82% of S…