If you’re active online, you have a digital footprint. Everyone does. Every comment made on social media, every news article shared, and every purchase made online contributes to a person’s data trail. Your data trail reveals a detailed pic…
In our earlier stories about data brokers, we told you why it’s important to be aware of the data that’s being collected and who’s collecting it. For your own safety, you should know what data brokers actually collect, which kinds of data i…
Apple recently announced several new privacy features, which is wonderful news. As more and more of our lives become digital, consumer privacy is becoming increasingly important — and many of these new features will be included for all user…
Y’all — I’ve been blackmailed. But I’m going to come clean, here, to you — the Avast readership — so that the blackmailer will no longer have power over me. Get ready, because this is my story.
Responding to an inquiry from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, several ad tech companies provided lists of the foreign firms, including some based in Russia and China, that purchase sensitive data on millions of Americans. “This information would be…
Is someone watching you right now? You bet. While it’s improbable that someone is staring at you through your computer’s camera this very second, it’s entirely a fact that every move you make online is being tracked by multiple parties. Peo…
Earlier in June, CogX Festival brought together representatives from business and government to discuss innovation. It was a follow-on to a 2019 event sponsored by several partners including Accenture, BT and Visa. While the conference was …
While Pride Month may officially be coming to a close, we’ve pledged to keep the spirit alive year-round here at Avast. As far as we’re concerned, inclusivity and diversity are always in season.
We held a company-wide Pride event las…
This post was written by Alexej Savcin and Michal Stanek.
When Jamil Qandah got a call from Avast tech support, he had no reason to think that it wasn’t really us calling. It wasn’t until the “tech support” stole his life savings of over $…
When you use public Wi-Fi networks, your sensitive information can be at risk. Attackers can try to capture your Wi-Fi network traffic to gather information you’re exchanging with sites on the internet. They can also try to capture key info…