New Back Door Trojan Program is No Fool
Malware authors leave an interesting message in the code of a new threat.
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Mobile development start-up Inmite joins AVAST team!
Inmite acquisition adds 40 mobile developers to AVAST’s growing mobile business Our 220 million AVAST users are moving many of their online activities to mobile devices, just like the rest of the world. Cybercriminals are well aware of the shift and are increasing their activities as well. In order to better protect our current and […]
Mobile development start-up Inmite joins AVAST team!
Inmite acquisition adds 40 mobile developers to AVAST’s growing mobile business Our 220 million AVAST users are moving many of their online activities to mobile devices, just like the rest of the world. Cybercriminals are well aware of the shift and are increasing their activities as well. In order to better protect our current and […]
Fake US Anti-Spam Law Used in Latest Phishing Campaign
Phishers posing as banks are redirecting victims to a fake website then requesting logon credentials in order to compromise bank accounts.
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Should small and medium-sized businesses be worried about PoS attacks?
One of the most dangerous places in America is your local retailer. Before you leave the building with your purchases, you run the risk of having your identity stolen. No doubt you recall the 2013 security breaches at Target, Michael’s, and Neiman Marcus where millions of records were compromised by Point-of-Sale (PoS) attacks. PoS occurs […]
Should small and medium-sized businesses be worried about PoS attacks?
One of the most dangerous places in America is your local retailer. Before you leave the building with your purchases, you run the risk of having your identity stolen. No doubt you recall the 2013 security breaches at Target, Michael’s, and Neiman Marcus where millions of records were compromised by Point-of-Sale (PoS) attacks. PoS occurs […]
Facebook Scam Leads to Nuclear Exploit Kit
Attackers have become more aggressive and are now using Facebook scams to lead to exploit kits so they can control a user’s system.
avast! is nominated the best antivirus for Windows by Lifehacker
avast! Free Antivirus was nominated by Lifehacker users as one of the best desktop applications. Lifehacker is a well-known site for its “Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.” When the subject is to get protected and install an antivirus, they picked up avast! Free Antivirus and, now, last Sunday, avast! was picked again […]
avast! is nominated the best antivirus for Windows by Lifehacker
avast! Free Antivirus was nominated by Lifehacker users as one of the best desktop applications. Lifehacker is a well-known site for its “Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.” When the subject is to get protected and install an antivirus, they picked up avast! Free Antivirus and, now, last Sunday, avast! was picked again […]
Spearphishing scams hope you’ll take the bait
Yesterday on our blog, avast! Virus Lab researcher Jaromir Horejsi, explained a banking Trojan called Tinba. The cybercrooks behind Tinba use a social engineering technique called spearfishing to target its victims. You have probably heard about email scams that use phishing. This classic technique uses authentic-looking emails to lure the victims to fake websites, then […]