Japanese one-click fraudsters give old trick a second chance
New campaign uses an app as part of the scam and asks victims for up to US$2,400.Read More
Tag Archives: Android
The Internet of Things (to be hacked)?
By the end of the decade, everyone on Earth will be connected. –Eric Schmidt, Google chairman As a rule of thumb, it’s good to keep in mind that anything and everything that can be connected to the Internet can be hacked. Poorly designed or implemented systems could expose serious vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit. Now, […]
Where is my phone? Avast Anti-Theft knows.
A stranger broke into Giri C’s house last September. The thief looked through Giri’s belongings for something of value. He found a MotoE Phone and grabbed it. Mobile phones are an easy target because the thief can just slip in a new SIM card and resell the phone on the black market. What this thief […]
New ASUS ZenPad to come with Avast Mobile Security
ASUS, the third largest consumer notebook vendor in the world, has selected Avast Mobile Security to be pre-loaded on its new line of Android powered tablets. These tablets, called ZenPad, will be debuted at the upcoming Computex in Taiwan this June. The much anticipated 7-inch ZenPad 7 will give customers 12 months of Avast Mobile […]
5 questions with: Tomáš He?manský (Product Manager)
Tomáš joined Avast in March 2014 as a Product Manager for Avast Mobile Security. Born in Čáslav, a small town in central Bohemia, he moved to Prague during high school with plans to study at the Police Academy of the Czech Republic. After a while, Tom decided he wanted to study and work in IT […]
BYOD increases the need for Anti-Theft protection
Small business owners embrace the idea of employees supplying their own computers, smartphones, and tablets in the workplace. But the savings and convenience can go down the drain if the employee falls prey to a phishing scam and downloads malware or loses their device. Protecting mobile devices has become increasingly more important as Bring Your […]
TGIF: Avast news wrap up for April 18 – May 1
The Avast bi weekly wrap-up is a quick summary of what was on the Avast blog for the last two weeks. Most everyone knows their PC needs antivirus protection, but they don’t think about their smartphone. These days smartphones are just about as powerful and have as much or more personal information as our desktop […]
PCs require antivirus. Smartphones don’t. Right?
It’s very common to find people concerned about Windows viruses and malware that say, “Oh, my PC is protected by Avast Antivirus, but we don’t need it for our smartphones and tablets.” With more than 230 million Avast Antivirus customers, we see “only” 60 million or so Android users of Avast Mobile Security. Many more […]
Avast Mobile Security is the #1 choice for Android users
The most popular mobile security product in the world is Avast Mobile Security. In their annual IT Security Survey, AV – Comparatives asked, Which mobile anti-malware security solution do you primarily use on your smartphone? Avast took 1st or 2nd place on four continents: Europe, North America, Asia, and South/Central America. How great is […]
Porn clicker app slipped into Google Play imitating popular Dubsmash app
Everyone from celebrities like Lena Dunham to Hugh Jackman are using the (currently) seventh most popular app available on Google Play: Dubsmash. Dubsmash is an app with more than 10 million Google Play installations that lets users choose a sound, record a video to go along with the sound and send their dub to their […]