AI is a double-edged sword. It has enabled the creation of software tools that have helped to automate tasks such as prediction, information retrieval, and media synthesis, which have been used to improve various cyber defensive measures. Howe…
There’s a brand new phishing campaign on the run in Spain that poses as the Spanish Tax Agency, Agencia Tributaria.
Shortly after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk announced that Twitter will be launching an $8 monthly subscription that gives users the ability of actually buying a verified Twitter account, otherwise known as Twitter Blue. Currently, this functio…
In less than two weeks, the largest sporting event in the world will begin: The FIFA World Cup 2022. According to official data, the last time it took place (in Russia during 2018), the tournament was followed by nearly 3.6 billion people, and…
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently published a fact sheet on implementing phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA). The publication is in response to a growing number of cyberattacks that le…
Cyber threats are constant and the third quarter of 2022 was no exception. The Q3 Threat Report from Avast Threat Labs found an increase in PC adware activity, continued chaos caused by cyber criminal gangs, and an increase in ransomware in ce…
The 2015 murder of the 23-year ago American student Nohemi Gonzalez is about to take center stage in a case that has made its way to the US Supreme Court. The woman was one of 129 people killed in Paris by a group of ISIS terrorists. Her estat…
Greetings, kiddies! It’s your old pal the Vault Keeper, sneaking into the Avast Security News Team’s office after hours to pull together a decadent dinner of dark delicacies for you. I ran my bony fingers through the archives and found the sca…
Scammers are stealing verified Twitter and Instagram accounts in order to resell them on the black market to other scammers who will use them to promote NFT frauds. According to investigative reporting by The Verge, sales of these stolen accou…
Parlement Technologies put out a press release this week that stated it had entered into “an agreement in principle” to sell Kanye West, now legally known as Ye, the conservative social media platform Parler. The announcement comes just days a…