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Protecting your online information isn’t impossible, though more than half of Americans seem to think it is
Last year, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey of 1,040 American adults about their cybersecurity beliefs, attitudes, and practices. What emerged is a collective persona both fascinating and troubling. While 64% of those surveyed have online accounts with sensitive health, banking, or financial information and 64% have also experienced a major data breach, an even greater percentage of these same adults practice lax – if any – cybersecurity.
Ransomware Shield’s solid protection now part of Avast Internet Security
No, it’s not a new season of Mr. Robot: this is real life. Unidentified cybercriminals recently launched a malware attack that made global news. The so-called “Petna” ransomware started in the Ukraine and spread rapidly, peaking around June 27, after which online security experts were able to neutralize and contain the threat.
Spyware targets Iranian Android users by abusing messaging app Telegram’s Bot API
A spyware app communicating via the Telegram Bot API has recently targeted Iranian Android users, uploading extensive personal data about users on a remote server in Iran.
Don’t get hooked by today’s phishing scams: What we can learn from the Gmail hack
“Dear user, yourfriendjanedoe@janedoe.com just sent you an email inviting you to edit the following document that she shared with you.”
Ransomware: The top 3 reasons you should never ever ever (ever) pay
It’s a nightmare situation, no doubt about it: a virus has taken over your computer and locked up your most valuable files. A ransom note filling your screen says you have a certain amount of time to pay the hacker, or the amount doubles. After it doubles, you again have a certain amount of time to pay before the criminal behind the ransomware attack destroys your files forever.
4 ways you can protect yourself against the rising wave of ransomware
Earlier this week, a Petya-based ransomware virus targeted the Ukraine in the largest cyberattack the nation has ever experienced, taking down the central bank, postal services, and commercial enterprises such as the Antonov aircraft manufacturer. Whil…
Things we have learned about Petna, the Petya-based malware
Earlier this week, we saw another mass ransomware attack happen, less than two months after the WannaCry outbreak. In the hours and days after the attack, this strain was given many different names, including Petya, Petna, NotPetya, EternalPetya, Nyetya, and many more. We originally referred to it as Petya-based, but for simplicity, let’s call it Petna.
Petya-based ransomware using EternalBlue to infect computers around the world
Further to reports of a massive cyber attack hitting a number of companies in Ukraine, including banks, energy companies and transport services as well as the government, we believe this is another example of the Petya-based ransomware, which was first…