Five Things To Know About Smart Speakers For The Holidays | Avast
This holiday season, millions of people will be given a gift they are already worried about: Smart speakers, a gifting juggernaut and cybersecurity challenge.
IT pros share insights to keep modern networks safe | Avast
For IT professionals like Mike Marcum, staying ahead of new social engineering schemes is all part of the job. As IT Director at The Kishan Group, a global hotel group, he and his team manage security for 22 premier hotels from Anchorage to Miami.
Cyberattacks Target UK Labour Party | Avast
An attack on the Labour Party’s website Monday succeeded in causing certain services to go offline. According to BBC News, the strike was a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, a blitz of internet traffic produced by a botnet of hijacked system…
Avast’s Omni Is Among Best CES Items Showcased in NYC Sneak Peak | Avast
If you like to follow what’s new in tech, you know that the Consumer Electronics Show held each January in Las Vegas is where the latest gadgets, smart devices, handhelds, and AR/VR tech make their debut. But before Vegas, media and analysts are given …
Top 10 Moments From the CyberSec & AI Prague Conference | Avast
A new kind of conference drew speakers and presenters from 11 nations to Prague last month. CyberSec & AI Prague combined top academic speakers with students presenting their ideas. Topics included adversarial AI – a subject at the very height…
Phishing Scam Poses as UK Ministry of Justice | Avast
A phishing campaign targeting UK employees in the retail and insurance industries is sending out emails claiming to come from the Ministry of Justice. ZDNet reported that the emails have the subject line “Court,” while the body of the message implies t…
Avast Opens Internet Of Things Lab | Avast
Avast has opened its Internet of Things Lab in the lobby of the company’s headquarters in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. With dozens of devices, 30 Wi-Fi routers, three 3-D printers, 100 outlets, and 6 kilometers of cables, the lab provides…
Avast Opens Internet Of Things Lab | Avast
Avast has opened its Internet of Things Lab in the lobby of the company’s headquarters in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. With dozens of devices, 30 Wi-Fi routers, three 3-D printers, 100 outlets, and 6 kilometers of cables, the lab provides…
Q&A With New Avast CISO Jaya Baloo | Avast
Jaya Baloo, a 20-year veteran in the field of information security, joined Avast last month as its chief information security officer (CISO). She most recently worked as CISO of KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands. She has be…
Analyst Discusses Reporting Hack Of Computer System At Indian Nuclear Reactor | Avast
This week a report of hackers gaining access to an Indian nuclear power plant’s computer network led to alarm, confusion, and denial before officials admitted the hack took place. The threat analyst who reported the issue experienced a unique vantage p…