Events
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The USENIX Security Symposium held August 14-16 in Santa Clara, California, brings together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks. Avast will present a joint research paper with Stanford University on IoT and security titled "All Things Considered: An Analysis of IoT Devices on Home Networks" on August 15 in the 2:00pm -3:30pm session.
Rajarshi Gupta is the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Avast, responsible for Avast’s AI products and research. Dr. Gupta manages data science teams in Silicon Valley and Europe, leading AI-driven malware detection and mobile protection, together with network security for Smart Home, Avast’s next-generation IoT security platform. Prior to joining Avast, Dr. Gupta worked at Qualcomm Research for many years, where he created ‘Snapdragon Smart Protect’, the first ever product to achieve On-Device Machine Learning for Security. Dr. Gupta loves to work on innovative problems, and has authored over 190 issued U.S. Patents. Dr. Gupta holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
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.
