We’ve recently conducted research that shows that over half of UK parents believe that their child is more digitally literate than them, with 55% expressing concern about this. Parents’ main concerns are about their children spending money wit…
Avast has joined the Trust Over IP Foundation (ToIP), Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and the FIDO Alliance. These community-driven open standards organizations are developing the foundations for d…
When you picture someone getting scammed online, who do you picture? Maybe a grandparent, like Phyllis, who was robbed of $20,000 via a tech support scam. And while elderly people are absolutely at risk of being targeted by scammers, a recent …
Last week, Apple found two zero-day vulnerabilities in both iOS 15.6.1 and iPadOS 15.6.1 that hackers may have actively exploited to gain access to corporate networks, according to at least one report. The first vulnerability enables a hacker …
The telephone has undergone a string of changes over the past several decades, starting with cords and now culminating in virtual options that sit on a device that can do far more than just allow you to have voice chats with others.
The telephone has undergone a string of changes over the past several decades, starting with cords and now culminating in virtual options that sit on a device that can do far more than just allow you to have voice chats with others.
Despite observing a decline in ransomware attacks in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022, ransomware attacks are increasing globally once again. Avast witnessed a 24% increase in ransomware attacks in Q2 2022 in comparison to Q1 2022.
We’ve recently conducted research revealing the extent of the scamdemic currently facing New Zealanders and Australians. A quarter of Australians and a third of New Zealanders encounter scams on a weekly basis, and 3 in 4 Australians and 3 in …
Let’s face it: People can be jerks online. There’s something about the separation provided by a high-res screen and an internet connection that taps into that primal part of the human brain and says attack! You could open almost any viral Twit…
A string of technical trouble has been plaguing Fitbit – and more specifically, Fitbit users – throughout the summer. On Tuesday this week, Fitbit Charge 5 owners found it impossible to sync their devices to both Android and iOS systems d…