It’s always a great pleasure to talk with one of the founding fathers of cybernetics and computation. One of the benefits of AI and robotics being relatively young fields is that many of the people who created them are not only still alive, but are sti…
The threat of big fines made businesses take GDPR regulations seriously two years ago – but would they ever really happen? Now those big judgments are rumbling like thunder across Europe.
Bad actors have pushed variants of the Agent Smith malware to users through unofficial Android app stores, infecting up to 25 million devices, Bleeping Computer reported. Security analysts identified over 360 different dropper strains of the malware, b…
Avast has blocked more than 4.6 million attempts to send users to malicious sites so far this year in Brazil, part of a cybercrime ploy to hijack traffic away from websites that include Netflix and large banks.
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In the highly competitive industry of cybersecurity, it can be difficult to pick out the best products for your computer, phone, smart devices, and business. When independent labs award companies and products recognition for excellence, it speaks volum…
Hand-written espionage documents, declassified files, and a century’s worth of secret communications and never before seen artifacts can now be spied for the very first time at a London Science Museum exhibit co-sponsored by Avast. Top Secret: From Cip…
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With offices in Greenville and New Bern, N.C., Computer Geeks has been delivering customized IT and security services for small and medium businesses (SMB) since 1995. Through its new Geeks Help Desk service, the company has moved from a r…
We recently looked at some of the threats that come from smart or connected devices in the home, and the solutions we can employ. The threats arise because the devices are often inherently insecure when we buy them. The full solution seems obvious – ma…
Monika Seidlova is a diligent, focused, conscientious data scientist. “In data I can analyze details endlessly,” says the Avast data analyst, who is based in Prague. “So on one hand, it’s nice that there’s always a new way of looking at it. On the othe…