Collaborate Disseminate
According to Avast’s Kids Online: Generation Lockdown 2020 survey, 44 percent of parents have made agreements with their children about what is and isn’t safe to do online. And that’s great! The best defense against potential online dangers is communic… Continue reading Do Families Need Parental Controls | Avast
Professor Hany Farid of UC Berkeley spoke at Avast’s CyberSec&AI Connected virtual conference last week. The event showcased leading academics and tech professionals from around the world to examine critical issues around AI for privacy and cyberse… Continue reading Creating and Weaponizing Deep Fakes | Avast
How many IoT-enabled smart TVs, thermostats, webcams and appliances are hooked up in your home? And how secure are they?
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Cybersecurity researchers in U.K. compared the data collected from 2,664 teens with current IT freelancer rates and calculated that households containing a tech-savvy teenager saved an average of about $5,300 a year in troubleshooting, tech support, an… Continue reading Tech-Savvy Teens Save Parents Thousands | Avast
Protecting 5G users begins with protecting 5G networks. The shift to 5G will include a complete change in our current networks from classical hardware networks to virtual, software-defined networks.
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In an experiment to prove it was possible, Avast senior researcher Martin Hron successfully hacked into the firmware of an IoT device, hijacking it completely and infecting it with ransomware. Martin said he wanted to test his theory that “firmware is … Continue reading Avast Proves IoT Firmware Can Be Hacked | Avast
A new vulnerability in Windows domain controllers has been discovered. In a published paper in September, researchers from Secura found a cryptographic flaw and called it Zerologon.
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Last week, lawyers for Instagram user Brittany Conditi filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against the social platform’s parent company Facebook for allegedly spying on Instagram users in the interest of market research.
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When a 12-year-old girl in the Czech Republic suspected that something was off with a popular app that was circulating on TikTok, she knew what to do — report it to Avast. The Avast team followed up and found a total of seven adware scam apps that were… Continue reading Scam Apps Spreading Via TikTok | Avast
As we approach the November general U.S. elections, things are heating up, with both candidates now making actual campaign appearances. We have also seen an increase in cyberattacks and other threats to our elections. This includes efforts to hack into… Continue reading Election Hacking September Update | Avast