T-Mobile recently had a data breach which resulted in 47 million people’s data being leaked online. Much of that data was collected with user consent when they signed up for cellular phone service, but that’s not always the case in a data b…
We’ve all heard its origin story. Facebook, originally TheFacebook, was started in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and some of his Harvard classmates as a social site for the school alone. It was a big hit, of course, and suddenly other campuses wa…
When it comes to online privacy, one Big Tech company has taken the lead. I’ll give you a hint: Their name is a fruit and their founder really liked black turtlenecks.
I got a weird call this weekend. That’s nothing special — my phone blows up with robocalls all day every day, just like everyone else’s — but the caller ID for this call caught my eye. It said “Cdc Natl Immun.” I thought about it for a seco…
There are many things we do online without thinking too much about them. We are often in such a hurry to accomplish necessary tasks online, or engrossed in what we are doing, that we open ourselves up to risks and cyber threats we might not…
Most of us are familiar with the primary methods for moving data into and off of our computers: think Wi-Fi networks, USB ports, and Bluetooth connections. However, there are additional, lesser known ways in which data can be retrieved from…
In a bulletin posted on its site, healthcare facility network Memorial Health System, based in West Virginia and Ohio, said it was beginning the process of recovery and restoration after being hit with a ransomware attack earlier in the wee…
“She doesn’t just talk the talk, she also walks the walk every day in and day out for a service most of the planet has come to depend on,” says Avast CISO Jaya Baloo, introducing Heather Adkins, Senior Director of Information Security and P…
This post was written by the following Avast researchers:Petr Somol, Avast Director AI ResearchTomáš Pevný, Avast Principal AI ScientistAndrew B. Gardner, Avast VP Research & AI
The automated detection of threats — by analyzing emails,…
Even if you don’t know much about internet security, you’ve probably heard the term firewall, if only from movies and shows about hackers trying to break into computer systems. The term firewall originally came from a flame resistant barrie…