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Toyota puts car-hacking tech on the market

Plus, Trump softens his stance on Huawei, Scary Granny creates real horror, and U.S. cities continue to grapple with ransomware

3 Jul 2019 min read

New triple-threat mobile version of the malware WannaLocker targets banks in Brazil

Avast threat researcher Nikolaos Chrysaidos tracks new version of malware that combines spyware, remote-access-Trojan malware, and banking Trojan malware

1 Jul 2019 min read

New Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek looks ahead

He started in cybersecurity 25 years ago as a teen, and now says: ‘There’s something changing on the overall internet landscape’

1 Jul 2019 min read

Europol coordinates arrests of six in $28 million crypto scam

‘Typosquatting’ scam swiped users’ credentials, but agencies tracked suspects in the UK and the Netherlands

29 Jun 2019 min read

EA ups its game by fixing security flaw

A cloud misconfiguration put gamers’ accounts at risk, but the platform quickly patched it

28 Jun 2019 min read

Q&A: Vince Steckler on his decade as CEO of Avast

The outgoing chief discusses going public on the London stock exchange, the AVG acquisition, and the joys of being a UC Irvine Anteater

28 Jun 2019 min read

Fresh Start in Education improves cybersecurity defense using Avast Business Solutions

Increases threat detection by 100% with Managed Antivirus and automates patching with Patch Management Service

26 Jun 2019 min read

10 most glaring cybersecurity issues in new US government audit

New report shows key agencies don’t patch software or replace decades-old systems used to manage privacy info of citizens

26 Jun 2019 min read

Ransomware strain Troldesh spikes again – Avast tracks new attacks

Avast software has blocked more than 100,000 attacks by the ransomware strain this year, and recently shows the highest prevalence of it since January

25 Jun 2019 min read

The Eight Essentials of Secure Computing

Beginning with a secure browser and ending with a healthy paranoia, here are the essentials of staying safe online

24 Jun 2019 min read

Small Florida city pays ransomware hackers $600,000

Riviera Beach officials felt they had no choice but to pay a huge ransom to recover data – many experts disagree

22 Jun 2019 min read

Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans set off alarms

Also, researchers find open online database of 150,000 user responses to questionnaires about medical malpractice and military combat injuries

21 Jun 2019 min read

We scanned the world of IoT – it’s not what you think it is

Stanford and Avast researchers analyzed user-initiated scans of 83 million IoT devices in 16 million homes and found three big truths you don’t often hear about

21 Jun 2019 min read

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Toyota puts car-hacking tech on the market

New triple-threat mobile version of the malware WannaLocker targets banks in Brazil

New Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek looks ahead

Europol coordinates arrests of six in $28 million crypto scam

EA ups its game by fixing security flaw

Q&A: Vince Steckler on his decade as CEO of Avast

Fresh Start in Education improves cybersecurity defense using Avast Business Solutions

10 most glaring cybersecurity issues in new US government audit

Ransomware strain Troldesh spikes again – Avast tracks new attacks

The Eight Essentials of Secure Computing

Small Florida city pays ransomware hackers $600,000

Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans set off alarms

We scanned the world of IoT – it’s not what you think it is

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