An in-depth look at the technology behind CyberCapture

Avast CTO and executive vice president Ondrej Vlcek explains CyberCapture's advanced malware detection methods used in every Avast product.

17 Nov 2016 min read

Tips to stay safe while shopping online this holiday season

Shopping online is one of the reasons why we love the internet. Keep your online shopping safe and private with our safe shopping tips.

17 Nov 2016 min read

A new era for politics and information security

The one irrefutable lesson from Hillary Clinton’s defeat is that modern systems require modern security measures.

11 Nov 2016 min read

Investigation of regular high load on unused machines every 7 hours

Regular high load every 7 hours: Finding out how Linux measures load value.

8 Nov 2016 min read

Hacking an election is more than breaking in to a machine

Since any digital system can be hacked, the assumption has to be that electronic voting in US elections is already compromised.

2 Nov 2016 min read

Android Trojan GM Bot is evolving and targeting more than 50 banks worldwide

GM Bot has targeted hundreds of thousands of mobile users in the last quarter.

31 Oct 2016 min read

Hucky ransomware: A Hungarian Locky wannabe

Avast Threat Labs has discovered a new Hungarian ransomware sample that is imitating Locky.

25 Oct 2016 min read

DDoS attack on Dyn took down the bulk of the internet on Friday

While you were refreshing tabs and restarting apps, big things were taking place behind the scenes of this notable attack.

24 Oct 2016 min read

Hacker behind DNC email leaks, US election database hacks arrested in Prague

The alleged hacker supposedly behind the 2016 DNC email leaks, as well as several other attacks on the US, has been arrested in Prague.

19 Oct 2016 min read

Malware posing as dual instance app steals users’ Twitter credentials

By installing a piece of newly discovered malware, you can download multiple instances of Twitter’s authentic application on your devices – at a price.

19 Oct 2016 min read

Vladimir Putin embedded in uTorrent binary

Conspiracy theories about Vladimir Putin abound, but Avast Threat Labs team finds another small mystery around the Russian president.

11 Oct 2016 min read

When ads go bad: Spotify ads served malicious content to free users

Even mainstream platforms like Spotify aren't foolproof against malvertising, as was shown by the provider's recent encounter with malicious ads.

7 Oct 2016 min read

Cybersecurity: SMBs at greater risk [infographic]

When it comes to cybersecurity, SMBs are even more vulnerable than enterprises, with less resources to combat internal and external threats.

6 Oct 2016 min read
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