14 Aug 2023
Social engineering, the use of psychologically manipulating people into sharing personal information, is now the biggest threat to online safety, according to Avast, a leader in digital security and privacy and brand of Gen™. The Avast Q2 Threat Report, has...
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08 Aug 2023
Avast has released a new Cybersecurity Training Quiz, available free for small businesses who want to train their employees about online threats. According to the company, 60% of adults in New Zealand wish they knew more about how to spot or avoid phishing...
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11 Jul 2023
Avast has been supplying antivirus protection for as long as there's been an antivirus industry. With Avast One Essential you get award-winning antivirus protection for free, and much more besides. All four of the independent testing labs we follow include...
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05 Jul 2023
Proving that cybercriminals know no limits, a new social media scam exploits victims who believe they are contributing to a crowdfunding account set up to help seriously ill children. Researchers from Avast say the new scam is a video campaign created by a...
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04 Jul 2023
Two versions of the free Akira ransomware decryptor for Windows have been published by Avast, which advised the use of the 64-bit version due to significant system memory requirements needed for password decryption efforts. Avast noted that file pairs, one...
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It is evident that Ukrainian companies have not been spared when it comes to phishing attacks, and attackers are targeting local communication infrastructures, network providers, and other services.
A new type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack known as an amplification attack can increase damage by four billion times and stretch out the length of the attack to 14 hours.
In support of the Ukrainian people, Avast suspends operations in Russia.
As we move towards a more privacy-minded world, we must prepare for major platforms to resist the movement. And we must be prepared for the security, privacy, and business model challenges along the way.
A new report documents a wide variety of crypto crime techniques, combining old and new ways to manipulate markets.
While hacktivists likely believe that they are doing the right thing by contributing their skills to the side they support, at the very least they are committing crimes with these actions.
What can women who want to get into tech do to break into the field? Here are seven tips from two women who have been there.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a number of hacktivist communities that have begun to develop tools to help their cause. Ensuring your security while using such tools is difficult to achieve, and by participating in these actions, you risk your privacy.
