If your children are using the popular messaging platform Discord to connect with friends while playing games, they aren’t alone. Discord now has about 154 million active users who are 13 years of age and older. This online community is defini…
Any seasoned traveler will know just how just how many single-use apps are downloaded over the course of an average vacation. These days, everything from watching movies on the plane to checking into your hotel or accessing your tickets to a t…
The landscape of cybercrime is vast and constantly evolving, and cybercriminals are always coming up with new and novel ways to manipulate people. Avast’s cybersecurity researchers recently uncovered one such scheme, which involves a crowdfund…
Hello, fellow travelers!
As we prepare for the summer travel season, it’s crucial to remember that cybersecurity is just as important as packing your suitcase. As a cybersecurity expert with Avast, I’ve been asked to compile a comprehen…
What’s on your computer right now?
Let’s make a list. Start with every work-related document you’ve used or created in the last six months. After that, perhaps your monthly budgets, pictures from your last vacation, all your passwords (…
Jan,* an Avast threat researcher, is a huge football fan (soccer, to any Americans reading), and he’s always trying to find ways to stream games that are airing outside of his native Czech Republic. But during the first matches of the UEFA Cha…
Picture yourself in a position where you’re in charge of approving and paying capital expenses for a big-name company worth tens of billions of dollars.
In today’s digital age, it’s essential to protect your online accounts from hackers and cybercriminals. Unfortunately, the traditional method of protecting an account with just a password is still used by the vast majority of people. With the …
Spring cleaning season is among us, and that means tackling overstuffed drawers, orderless cabinets and overflowing closets. It’s time to tidy upthose neglected spaces not only in your physical home but in your parallel digital home as well. A…
Has someone claiming to be an account executive from Amazon ever called asking for your Amazon account number, credit card information, or Social Security number? Maybe they’ve claimed it’s to prevent fraudulent purchases on your account or to…