WPA2 risks—your top 5 questions answered

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It’s been a big news week in the world of Wi-Fi. The WPA2 security protocol, which for over ten years has been widely regarded as the safest way to use Wi-Fi, was discovered to have a serious security vulnerability. What does this mean for you, for us, and for all those people down at your local coffee shop using an unprotected Wi-Fi network as you read this? The following questions are designed to help us get some definitive answers:

WPA2 Wi-Fi vulnerability demands efficient tools for securing business networks

Due to a new security vulnerability uncovered on Monday regarding WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access II) protocol, it’s been a busy week for IT teams tasked with securing business networks—not to mention employee devices and machines.

Ladies and Gentlemen, prepare your CPU—web browser mining is coming

You may have noticed that certain websites put significant load on your CPU and slow it down. Aside from the possibility that you may not have the best hardware, the slowdown could be due to a JavaScript miner embedded in the website. Instead of getting bombarded with annoying ads, you may now be getting an ad-free experience while unknowingly lending your computing resources to help mine cryptocurrency—in this case Monero, a privacy-focused alternative to the ever-popular Bitcoin.

Avast Business introduces Managed Workplace 11 at IP EXPO 2017

October is cybersecurity month, which made last week’s IP Expo in Europe perfectly timed!! Avast was there to introduce its latest remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution, Managed Workplace 11. With a native Avast Business endpoint protection engine integrated into the platform, as well as an all-new security assessment component, this next-gen, cybersecurity RMM platform is primed to be the solution of choice for managed services providers (MSPs). We’re proud to share it with the business world and launch it at one of the most important IT events of the year. Avast’s security ambassador and world-class chess champion, Garry Kasparov, presented a keynote speech on AI. Legendary for his chess games against supercomputer Deep Blue in the mid-90’s, Garry impressed upon the gathered IT experts that AI is nothing to be feared. In fact, Garry insisted that for the most effective cybersecurity, man and machine need to work together.