Tag: Avast
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The importance of creating raving fans to build a successful MSP business
Avast Blog – 2.19.20 Building a successful managed services business is more challenging than ever before. Faced with market commoditization, increased competition, shrinking margins, and an ever-evolving threat landscape, progressive managed service providers (MSPs) are working hard to differentiate their services and business. Yet the reality is, customer service will set you apart from the pack. Full…
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How to Recognize a Phishing Email
Avast Blog – 2.12.20 (2.11.20) The world of cyberthreats is constantly evolving. The prevalence of cryptominers, ransomware, DDoS attacks, and other cybercriminal operations ebbs and flows as technology and cybersecurity continue to advance. But one tried-and-true criminal tactic guaranteed to hit all of our inboxes on a regular (indeed, almost daily) basis is the phishing scam. Source: How to Recognize a…
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Our Commitment To Responsible Data Use
Avast Blog – 2.5.20 (1.28.20) In recent days media outlets have reported on Avast and our subsidiary Jumpshot. We know that when each of our more than 400 million users choose an Avast product, they choose to trust us with their security and privacy. That trust is core not only to the success of our…
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How To Simplify The Complicated IoT
Avast Blog – 1.22.20 Around the world, the millions of internet-connected gifts we exchanged over the holidays have been set up, making our homes “smarter.” And less secure. Alexa, play scary music. Source: How To Simplify The Complicated IoT
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Weirdest Cybersecurity Stories Of 2019
Avast Blog – 1.2.20 (12.23.19) 2019 was filled with cybersecurity news, with fresh headlines every day of ransomware and data breaches, Internet of Things incidents and scam mobile apps. The bar for sheer weirdness was high. Here are a dozen stories that managed to clear it. Source: Weirdest Cybersecurity Stories Of 2019
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Black Friday Online Shopping Checklist
Avast Blog – 11.26.19 On your marks, get set, shop online! Black Friday and Cyber Monday are here, and online cash registers and cybercriminals are busy. Source: Black Friday Online Shopping Checklist
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You May Not Own Your Data
Avast Blog – 10.29.19 (10.28.19) I would like to take a step back to take in a broader, bigger picture than usual in this article, moving across time as well as into the legal sphere. Technology isn’t just hardware and software; it’s a fundamental component of every aspect of our lives and our society. Source:…
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The Rise Of Credential Stuffing And Account Takeovers | Avast
Avast Blog – 10.18.19 (10.15.19) A pair of malicious activities have become a stunning example of digital transformation – unfortunately on the darknet. Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according…
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Does The U.S. Need Its Own Privacy Law?
Avast Blog – 8.13.19 (8.12.19) The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has become the world’s gold standard for user privacy and breach disclosure regulation. It affects any business around the world that processes or stores the personal data of individuals resident in any EU country. It specifies standards for protecting that data, punitive…