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Avast Threat Labs releases Q4 2021 Threat Report

Examining the resurrection of Emotet, increased coinminer activities, decreased ransomware, growing technical support scams and more

2 Feb 2022 min read

What's the deal with Google Topics?

At first glance, this initiative seems like a win for privacy advocates. But how will things pan out over time?

1 Feb 2022 min read

How to protect your network from a future attack

While it's certainly wise to make the initial fixes to strengthen your defenses, these actions need to be applied on a regular basis

31 Jan 2022 min read

There's a major privacy risk in Apple Wallet vaccine cards

This privacy gap highlights how important it is to ensure that privacy with proper disclosure protecting users is included from “go”

28 Jan 2022 min read

Fitness trackers get more personalized

Plus, Trickbot gets trickier and DazzleSpy makes its debut

28 Jan 2022 min read

Survey reveals why phishing scams in Australia go unreported

Avast takes a deep dive into Australians’ experience with phishing scams

27 Jan 2022 min read

Privacy policies are hard to read

Taking a look at some of the best and worst privacy policies in terms of overall readability

26 Jan 2022 min read

School cybercrime attacks are on the rise

Yes, DDoS attacks really are easy enough for a kid to carry out

25 Jan 2022 min read

Dare to dream: A new way to advertise online

It will take time and determination to force change in data collection practices — nevertheless, it's an issue worth fighting for

24 Jan 2022 min read

Zero-click Zoom flaw now patched

Plus, a VPN being used for malware distribution and Pegasus spyware being used by Israel Police

21 Jan 2022 min read

Beware of a new and dangerous RDP exploit

RDP can be a challenge to implement — here are a few steps that you can take to secure its use

17 Jan 2022 min read

Malicious QR codes found in Austin

A reminder to use QR codes as navigation tools — and nothing more

14 Jan 2022 min read

Emails from Uber may not have been from Uber

Plus, U.S. State Department iPhones hacked and Apple HomeKit bug goes unfixed

14 Jan 2022 min read

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Avast Threat Labs releases Q4 2021 Threat Report

What's the deal with Google Topics?

How to protect your network from a future attack

There's a major privacy risk in Apple Wallet vaccine cards

Fitness trackers get more personalized

Survey reveals why phishing scams in Australia go unreported

Privacy policies are hard to read

School cybercrime attacks are on the rise

Dare to dream: A new way to advertise online

Zero-click Zoom flaw now patched

Beware of a new and dangerous RDP exploit

Malicious QR codes found in Austin

Emails from Uber may not have been from Uber

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