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Unfortunately, Macs might be the sports cars of the IT business, but just like any car, they need proper maintenance to keep running. In this guide we’ll walk you through the essentials — and even some great secrets — to clean up invi… Continue reading Speeding Up and Cleaning Your Mac | Avast Essential Guide
Weekly security roundup week of March 12th
Samba admins urged to patch
An important vulnerability that came to light this past week is one in the venerable Samba open-source networking stack – and if you’re a Samba admin, you need to update… Continue reading When information leaks | Avast
Endpoints are an easy target for hackers, so it’s essential that small businesses protect themselves. Connected employees, vulnerable software and weak antivirus all contribute to this being a favorite target of hackers. And, as the list below de… Continue reading Five endpoint threats affecting small businesses | Avast Business
Our new Avast Business endpoint security products are once again in the spotlight, highlighted in CRN’s 2018 Security 100 list of the 20 Coolest Endpoint Security Vendors.
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In November 2017, we detected a strain of malware known as JSMiner in Google Play. The Monero cryptomining capabilities were discovered inside the gaming application Cooee. At the time of discovery, we forecasted a rise in mobile mining malware as atta… Continue reading New Monero mining malware discovered in Google Play
“Alexa, please let any would-be robbers know that I’m currently out of town and my house is sitting empty.”
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Cybercriminals are aggressively uploading cryptocurrency mining malware to GitHub. The cybercriminals fork other projects, which on Github means producing a copy of someone else’s project, to build upon the project or to use as a starting point a… Continue reading Greedy cybercriminals host malware on GitHub
For small business owners, cash flow and sales are top of the agenda, leaving little time to focus on cybersecurity. Many small businesses will never reach a size at which they need or can afford a devoted IT support person, let alone a whole departmen… Continue reading Managing SMB endpoint protection without an IT department | Avast Business
Lawmakers urge better security for smart devices
The first indication that internet of things (IoT) devices posed a real security threat came in October 2016 when a botnet — made up of devices such as security cameras infected with Mirai malware … Continue reading Time to Tighten Up Device Security | Avast
The customer
Golden West Technologies delivers managed security, infrastructure, wide-area networking, and unified communications services to small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) in western South Dakota. The Rapid City-based company serves a wide spectrum… Continue reading South Dakota MSP simplifies security with Managed Workplace | Avast Business