Weekend wrap-up: Cyber security news from Avast

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Here’s your wrap up of security and privacy related news from the June 17 – 27 posts on the Avast blog:   It’s summertime in the Northern Hemisphere and many people are going on or planning their vacation. Beware of fake vacation packages and beautiful rental properties that are not as they seem. These Vacation […]

Australians beware: Scammers are impersonating the Australian Taxation Office

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Australian tax payers are receiving malicious emails that infect computers with Downloader.Upatre and Infostealer.Dyre. Read More

Businessman hackers brought down in USA and Europe

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Cybercrooks run their organizations like businesses these days. They have multinational offices, marketing departments, business development, and technical support teams. Maybe they also need some security…  Malware entrepreneur sentenced to 57 months in prison One such malware entrepreneur, Alex Yucel, sold malware through a website that he operated, to other hackers. The Blackshades malware allowed […]

Avast CEO speaks out about U.S. and U.K. spy agencies

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For as long as there have been governments, there have been spy agencies, and for as long as there have been spy agencies, they’ve done spying. Spy agencies are always looking for ways to get information. Information is valuable, always has been, always will be. ~Avast CEO Vince Steckler New documents from the many that […]

Are the hacks on Mr. Robot real?

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Last night the pilot episode of MR. ROBOT, a new thriller-drama series aired on USA Network. The show revolves around Elliot who works as a cyber security engineer by day and is a vigilante hacker by night. I watched the episode and then sat down with Avast security expert Pedram Amini, host of Avast’s new […]

Samsung phones vulnerable to hacker attack via keyboard update

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We rely on our apps. Everyday we use our favorite ones to check news, the weather for our next trip, and communicate with our loved ones. Some apps, especially the system ones, are continuously in use, even if they are not the foremost app on your screen. The keyboard is one of them. Recently, a […]