Tips For Safe Online Dating Apps | Avast
While online dating apps have grown increasingly popular over the past 10 years, they’ve also become a hot spot for hackers.
The Email Threat | Avast
Email is such an integral part of everyday life we tend to ignore, or simply be unaware, that it is the biggest single threat to cybersecurity. Yet almost all cybercrime is either email-based, or employs email as part of the process.
Malvertising Attackers Target 900,000 WordPress Sites | Avast
Wordfence, the security plugin for WordPress sites, reported in its blog this week that its Threat Intelligence Team observed a single malware campaign target more than 900,000 WordPress sites over the past month, with over half of the attacks occurrin…
Is It the End for Passwords | Avast
Today is World Password Day, and in a recent interview with TechRepublic, the COO of password management provider 1Password estimated that we currently have about 100 billion passwords protecting our digital gateways.
Avast Joins prpl Foundation | Avast
We are pleased to announce Avast’s investment and membership in prpl Foundation. The prpl Foundation strives to enable “high-velocity, service-driven innovation on customer-premises equipment by harmonizing interfaces in open APIs and delivering open-s…
Security Experts Give Thoughts on ILOVEYOU Virus 20 Years Later | Avast
For those who are new to security, it may be a surprise that the one of the farthest reaching and devastating computer viruses, ILOVEYOU virus, first appeared 20 years ago this week. The virus originated in the Philippines and arrived in the form of an…
Avast Unveils Global Format for CyberSec&AI Connected 2020 Conference | Avast
Fresh from winning the 2019 AI Awards ‘Event of the Year’, Avast and the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) have announced details of 2020’s CyberSec&AI Connected conference.
Patch Management Policies & Processes | Avast
Creating a new patch management policy
Patch management enables code changes to be tested and installed on a device’s existing Windows-operating applications. It updates systems on the latest patches (codes) available and ascertains which ones to use,…
COVID-19 Will Trigger Faster, Wider Adoption of Cyber Hygiene Principles | Avast
Long before COVID-19, some notable behind-the-scenes forces were in motion to elevate cybersecurity to a much higher level.
New EventBot Malware Steals Banking Passwords | Avast
A new malware called EventBot is infecting Android devices in order to steal login credentials for banking apps and cryptocurrency wallets, TechCrunch reported. Researchers believe the malware is still a work-in-progress that has not been officially “r…