Digging Into Sextortion Emails | Avast
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.
U.S. Senate Probe Reveals Data Purchases | Avast
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…
Your Internet History Isn’t Private | Avast
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…
Fighting Unpredictable Existential Threats | Avast
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 …
Avast Pride Event 2021 | Avast
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…
Tech Support Fraud | Avast
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 $…
Smart VPN Mode | Avast
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…
Adware Is The Greatest Android Threat Of 2021 | Avast
Analyzing all the threat intelligence we’ve collected in the first five months of the year, Avast mobile threat researchers have been able to identify the greatest threats to Android devices in 2021. By a vast margin, the most common danger…
Privacy Group Denounces Eproctoring | Avast
Nonprofit privacy activist group Fight for the Future has launched a new website that tracks the decisions of major American colleges and universities to either do away with or continue using eproctoring software – apps that, Fight for the Future claim…
Why You Shouldn’t Reuse Usernames | Avast
How anonymous are your usernames? Do you have more than one? Few people follow username best practices. If you’re like most people, your username is some version of your real name. Maybe it’s your first initial and your last name, or maybe it has your …