Jaya Baloo, Avast’s Chief Information Security Officer, never meant to work in tech. Born in India on International Women’s Day, Baloo moved to the US at age four when her parents started working for the United Nations in New York City. That’s where sh…
Shortly after BuzzFeed News reported that an internal memo at Instagram announced plans for a kids version of the platform, a spokesperson from parent company Facebook confirmed the rumor to The Independent. “Right now there aren’t many options for par…
Ransomware continues to be a blight across the security landscape. Due to the pandemic, it has gotten new life and a growing collection of capabilities to make malware operators more formidable.
It only takes a matter of minutes for cybercriminals to bait, hook, and catch a phishing victim among your employees and then leverage that success into a broader cyberattack on your business. The story goes like this:
Researchers at Avast have discovered a total of 204 fleeceware applications with over a billion downloads and over $400 million in revenue on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The purpose of these applications is to draw users into a free tria…
As Covid-19 vaccine distribution rollout ramps up in certain parts of the world, an increasing number of people are posting images of their vaccination cards online. It’s a way to celebrate; to say, “Hey! I got this and you should too!”. But unfortunat…
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received nearly 800,000 complaints about cybercrime last year, more than two-thirds of a jump from what was seen in 2019. About a third of these complaints are from phishing attacks. The report summarizes…
Some Netflix users received a surprise when they logged on last week – a warning message reminding them that password sharing is forbidden on the platform. This is something of a new stance for the streaming giant, as it has traditionally taken a lenie…
The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator (CTA) is an organization funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation that focuses on advancing research into accessible coronavirus treatments. While the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are …
When you hear the word “stalkerware,” you probably think of software that’s purposefully been installed to keep track of someone without their knowledge. But there are other ways that an abusive partner or an overbearing parent or some other type of “s…