03 May 2022
Jakub Kroustek, malware research director at Avast, found evidence that members of the defunct REvil group may be reviving the ransomware gang, but some cybersecurity experts question whether the group will have the same impact that it once did.
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12 Apr 2022
A poll of 2,000 UK adults found more than one in three (36 percent) admit to rarely or never reading terms and conditions online before accepting them. The research was commissioned by Avast, which...
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10 Feb 2022
February is the month of love as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, but if your celebration is ending in ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ instead of chocolates and flowers, it’s time for a digital separation. From shared pins and passwords to co-mingled Netflix accounts,...
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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.
