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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

New report shows how mobile carriers can help protect families with parental controls

Carriers who offer value-added security services are expected to share a global revenue stream of $2B by 2023.

20 Jun 2019 min read

Do you know the last time you were socially engineered?

The intensity of phishing campaigns endures, as threat actors manipulate human foibles to gain unauthorized access to homes and companies

19 Jun 2019 min read

The Internet of Thing: How a single coffee maker’s vulnerabilities symbolize a world of IoT risks

We hacked one coffee maker in all kinds of ways – even turning it into a ransomware tool and a gateway to a home network

18 Jun 2019 min read

83 million IoT devices in 16 million homes scanned in largest study of its kind

North America has the highest IoT density of any region, with two-thirds of scanned homes possessing at least one device

18 Jun 2019 min read

Photos of travelers crossing U.S. border exposed in cyberattack

With growing use of biometrics at the border, are we leaving our personal data exposed to hacking?

15 Jun 2019 min read

Evernote vulnerability puts data of 4.6M users at risk

Radiohead, the FBI, and a new threat called GoldBrute round out the cybersecurity news of the week

14 Jun 2019 min read

Are your genes for sale?

You want to know your ancestry … but is it worth sharing your genetic code with the world?

13 Jun 2019 min read

Avast Business report may help explain why users are resisting Microsoft’s BlueKeep patch

Read a new report from Avast Business to find out why users are resisting an easy patch that could prevent Microsoft’s BlueKeep vulnerability from becoming a major cybersecurity incident.

12 Jun 2019 min read

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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

New report shows how mobile carriers can help protect families with parental controls

Do you know the last time you were socially engineered?

The Internet of Thing: How a single coffee maker’s vulnerabilities symbolize a world of IoT risks

83 million IoT devices in 16 million homes scanned in largest study of its kind

Photos of travelers crossing U.S. border exposed in cyberattack

Evernote vulnerability puts data of 4.6M users at risk

Are your genes for sale?

Avast Business report may help explain why users are resisting Microsoft’s BlueKeep patch

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