Collaborate Disseminate
Remember when a cell phone was primarily for making phone calls? Now smartphones have become our go-to digital interface.
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The cost of cybercrimes reported to the FBI nearly doubled last year to $2.7 billion, according to a new report from the bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
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Just about everything we do online requires us to submit an email address or create an account.
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Using Avast’s mobile threat intelligence platform, apklab.io, we discovered 50 adware apps on the Google Play Store. The installations of the apps range from 5K to 5M installations. The adware can be very annoying as it persistently displays full… Continue reading Adware Plagues Google Play Store | Avast
In the past decade, our home computing environments have multiplied in complexity. While in the past, you might just have a laptop and a Wi-Fi router, today the number of devices on the typical network has exploded. Phones, tablets, baby monitors, vide… Continue reading How secure is your Wi-Fi network at home? | Avast
Sea Turtle hijacks the internet
A hacker group that experts believe might be backed by a nation-state has been targeting big fish in the internet infrastructure world. Sea Turtle, as the group is nicknamed, launched cyberattacks against 40 government a… Continue reading Sea Turtle DNS Hijacking and More Weekly News | Avast
Before 2016, one of Facebook’s regular protocols was an option for users to verify their accounts using email passwords. Users were informed if they chose this option, all of their email contacts would be uploaded as well, which would let the use… Continue reading Facebook Imports Info Without User Consent | Avast
These days, it seems like the next security breach is always lurking just around the corner. Whether it’s the latest Facebook password kerfuffle or a company’s credit card database being breached, news stories of innocent people’s dat… Continue reading How Safe Is Budget-Tracking Software? | Avast
How often do you sit at your computer without a browser window open? If you’re like us, the answer is never. If we’re on our machines, there is always at least one window open to the wilds of the internet. That’s why we created Avast … Continue reading Avast Secure Browser Updates to Aspen | Avast
What does “social engineering” mean?
The term “social engineering” may sound arcane and intimidating, and in some ways, it is. But most of us have encountered some form of social engineering many times — on the internet, i… Continue reading Social Engineering Hacks the Way You Think | Avast