Even though today’s hackers tend to hit the headlines for nasty malware development, mischief-making, money stealing schemes, and political subversion, there’s an entire other side to hacking that we don’t normally see.
Question: What happens when you combine a World Chess Champion, a major streaming platform, and an obscure 1983 novel about an orphan?
The Shadowserver Foundation might be the most important cybersecurity defenders that you may have never heard of before. The non-profit organization was started in 2004 with the goal of bringing to light emerging threats to the internet.
You know you’re being tracked online — but do you know exactly what’s being tracked? And who’s doing the tracking?
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was formed in 2017, which resulted in over 28,000 Ebola cases and claimed 11,000 lives. It was clear that we, as an international community, needed better preparedness against infectious diseas…
2020 has been an odd year, to say the least. But one thing has stayed familiar: As we’ve moved more aspects of life online, cybersecurity and privacy threats have adapted to the new normal. We’ve seen an increase in phishing and credential-stuffing att…
There are a number of important principles and values to keep in mind when discussing privacy and data protection. One of the clearest statements of privacy principles can be found in Article 5 of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), nam…
The Avast Secure Browser team has hit a new milestone on our mission to make true private browsing ubiquitous with the Rainier release of two highly-requested features: Support for iOS and the ability to sync browser history and bookmarks across device…
Today, I sat down with Avast’s new Chief Privacy Officer, Shane McNamee, to discuss his role and the changing nature of data protection and privacy.
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…