In an ideal world, every company would have flawless software. No holes. No bugs. Airtight. But in the real world, every company has cracks that, if left undetected, can threaten security — even security companies. That’s why Avast Chief Information Se…
While the details of a second U.S. “economic impact payment” from the government to victims of pandemic-related hardships have yet to be finalized in Congress – including the decision on whether or not there will even be a second disbursal – a text sca…
Researchers at Google’s Project Zero have found a series of remote execution, memory leak, and kernel privilege escalation bugs in both iOS and iPadOS. Users who are running older OS versions should update their devices to 14.2 as soon as possible.
The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favor…
The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favor…
You wouldn’t think an attack method that was first found more than 20 years ago would be at the top of anyone’s list of popular current attacks. But that is the case for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), a method that was first discovered by Microsoft engine…
Kids — and adults — share stuff online. That’s a given. But with the Covid-19 pandemic leading to everyone spending an increased amount of time online, kids are sharing more than ever. In fact, according to the Avast Kids Online: Generation Lockdown su…
I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Women in Business event, which was held virtually this year. I spoke about the experience of quickly and securely moving Avast — a global company with nearly 2,000 employees based in countries around the …
Halloween is looking a little different this year, as communities decide what’s safe and what isn’t in the midst of the global Covid-19 pandemic. And, like many of our activities now, there are ways to celebrate Halloween online — safely.
Delivering on its promise to do better after it was criticized this past April for using substandard encryption, Zoom announced on Tuesday that free end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now available to all users for the next 30 days as a technical preview,…