Top IoT Devices Reported By Abuse Victims | Avast
Tech abuse is a growing problem.
Elders And Digital Burden Fears | Avast
Jay McGowan, 83, spends about seven or eight hours a day online. He’s had the internet since 1995, but didn’t start spending so much time on it until he retired from his position as chief helicopter pilot of the Port Authority New York/New …
Learning Framework For Detection of Novel Malware | Avast
This post was written by the following Avast researchers:
Viliam Lisý, Avast Principal AI ScientistBranislav Bošanský, Avast Principal AI ScientistKarel Horak, Avast Senior AI ResearcherMatej Racinsky, Avast AI ResearcherPetr Somol, Avast …
Digital Wellness and the Facebook Outage | Avast
“I liked this platform better when it was down,” snarked a friend of mine on Facebook, referencing last week’s surprise outage when Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire went dark for almost six hours.
Google Pulls “Stalkerware” Ads | Avast
Google pulled several ads for violating its policy against promoting “stalkerware,” surveillance apps that encourage users to spy on their spouses or significant others. TechCrunch found five app makers skirting Google’s no-tolerance policy…
Gen Z Online Privacy And Security | Avast
Gen Z — the generation born between 1997 and 2012 — is the first generation to grow up as true digital natives. They’ve never lived in a time without the internet; some have never lived in a time without YouTube. Phones have always been som…
MyKings Crypto Malware | Avast
There’s a lot of money in cryptocurrency these days. In addition to hobby traders, cryptocurrency has attracted the attention of legitimate investors and speculators. It’s also attracted the attention of cyber criminals, who use it for rans…
Prevent Business Network Failures | Avast
On October 4, Facebook was offline for about six hours due to human error. The company states that “configuration changes on our backbone routers” was the cause. In this post, I’ll explain what happened and walk through the takeaways for ru…
Hacker Leaks Twitch Source Code and Contents | Avast
An anonymous hacker posted 125 GB of data to 4chan on Wednesday, claiming it was the entirety of live streaming service Twitch, from source code to member information. The hacker wrote that the leak was intended to “foster more disruption a…
Avast Business Takes Home AV-TEST Top Rated Award | Avast
During July and August 2021, AV-TEST continuously evaluated 19 business endpoint protection products using settings as provided by the vendor. They focused on realistic test scenarios and challenging the products against real-world threats….