Earlier this month, we told you about a spear phishing campaign specifically targeting banking customers in Czech Republic, and now a similar scam is targeting bank customers in Finland. This weekend, Aktia, Nordea, and Nooa Säästöpankki customers received text messages and emails informing them that their online banking services were being discontinued because of a […]
Inmite acquisition adds 40 mobile developers to AVAST’s growing mobile business Our 220 million AVAST users are moving many of their online activities to mobile devices, just like the rest of the world. Cybercriminals are well aware of the shift and are increasing their activities as well. In order to better protect our current and […]
Inmite acquisition adds 40 mobile developers to AVAST’s growing mobile business Our 220 million AVAST users are moving many of their online activities to mobile devices, just like the rest of the world. Cybercriminals are well aware of the shift and are increasing their activities as well. In order to better protect our current and […]
One of the most dangerous places in America is your local retailer. Before you leave the building with your purchases, you run the risk of having your identity stolen. No doubt you recall the 2013 security breaches at Target, Michael’s, and Neiman Marcus where millions of records were compromised by Point-of-Sale (PoS) attacks. PoS occurs […]
One of the most dangerous places in America is your local retailer. Before you leave the building with your purchases, you run the risk of having your identity stolen. No doubt you recall the 2013 security breaches at Target, Michael’s, and Neiman Marcus where millions of records were compromised by Point-of-Sale (PoS) attacks. PoS occurs […]
avast! Free Antivirus was nominated by Lifehacker users as one of the best desktop applications. Lifehacker is a well-known site for its “Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.” When the subject is to get protected and install an antivirus, they picked up avast! Free Antivirus and, now, last Sunday, avast! was picked again […]
avast! Free Antivirus was nominated by Lifehacker users as one of the best desktop applications. Lifehacker is a well-known site for its “Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.” When the subject is to get protected and install an antivirus, they picked up avast! Free Antivirus and, now, last Sunday, avast! was picked again […]
Yesterday on our blog, avast! Virus Lab researcher Jaromir Horejsi, explained a banking Trojan called Tinba. The cybercrooks behind Tinba use a social engineering technique called spearfishing to target its victims. You have probably heard about email scams that use phishing. This classic technique uses authentic-looking emails to lure the victims to fake websites, then […]
AVAST evangelist Bob G. received a notification in the mail yesterday from, of all organizations, FIFA! How nice! Only hours after Germany earned the title of World Cup 2014 champs and was rewarded with a grand trophy, Bob was also promised a reward of prize money. Too bad, it’s a scam. Email scams like this […]
Weak passwords make for creative design. If you use 123456 or password as your password, you may as well wear it for all to see. It’s THAT easy to crack. To illustrate this point, Lorrie Cranor, quilt artist, and oh yeah, director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, designed […]