Collaborate Disseminate
Earl Enterprises — the parent company of famed Planet Hollywood and Buca di Beppo restaurant chains — last week admitted to suffering a payment card data breach over a 10-month period.
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President Trump’s constant mislabeling of mainstream news reports he doesn’t appreciate as “fake news” has done much to muddle the accurate definition of this profound global force – and obscure the societal damage this ri… Continue reading Digital Disinformation Runs Rampant | Avast
On Sunday 24th February, the eve of Mobile World Congress 2019, Avast security researchers Martin Hron, Vladislav Iliushin, Libor Bakajsa, and Anna Shirokova set a project in motion: the deployment of 500 honeypots in 10 countries around the world that… Continue reading Cybercriminals Fall for IoT Honeypots | Avast
Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering, the sum of which netted him $99 million from Facebook and $23 million from Google. What may sound like a complicated scheme was actu… Continue reading Scammer steals over a million from Google and FB | Avast
Child’s play
A disturbing new trend is emerging from the dark web underworld. Cybercriminals are now using the personal data of children to set up credit lines and perpetrate identity theft. Because children naturally have fresh, unblemished cred… Continue reading Stealing Kids’ Data and More Security News | Avast
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday issued orders to AT&T, AT&T Mobility, Comcast Xfinity, Google Fiber, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Cellco to provide specific information regarding the collection, retention, and use of customer data. In its pres… Continue reading FTC Orders ISPs to Disclose Data Practices | Avast
Because International Women’s Day should just as well be every day, Avast is proud to have worked with the San Francisco Chronicle to feature one of its very own in the special insert “Women in Computing,” highlighting exceptional women in techno… Continue reading Spotlight on AI Expert Deepali Garg | Avast
Thieves no longer stop at credit card numbers and financial swindling. Sure, they want your money, but today’s career criminals want more. They want your data.
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Does your smartphone need an antivirus app? The answer is absolutely yes, and the truth of the matter is that there are a multitude from which to choose. As an aid to consumers, independent testing lab AV-Comparatives periodically assesses security sof… Continue reading How risky is your Android security app? | Avast
Over 200 million Facebook passwords exposed internally
In a statement released today, Facebook divulged that some user passwords were being stored in readable format on certain internal data storage systems within the company. While the statement does … Continue reading FB Password Problem, New Mirai, and More | Avast