Tag: Avast
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A Case Study In The Ease Of Cybercrime
Avast Blog – 8.9.19 (8.8.19) Creating malware that is capable of making money takes little to no ability to write original computer code, recent research by Avast has shown. All that’s needed is the ability to bundle existing tools together using publicly available snippets of code. Read more: A Case Study In The Ease Of…
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How Did Ransomware Become A Lasting Threat?
Avast Blog – 8.7.19 (8.6.19) “All we know is MONEY! Hurry up! Tik Tak, Tik Tak, Tik Tak!” This is an excerpt from a chilling ransom note Baltimore IT officials received from hackers who managed to lock up most of the city’s servers in May. The attackers demanded $76,000, paid in Bitcoin, for a decryption key. Baltimore refused to…
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Filecoder Ransomware Targets Android Devices
Avast Blog – 8.6.19 (8.2.19) Researchers have identified a new family of ransomware that attacks Android devices, locking up files and demanding payment in exchange for a decryption key, ZDNet reported this week. The new malware is called Android/Filecoder.C, and it is spread through malicious posts found on popular forums such as Reddit. The post pretends to offer adult content, but when…
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How Do Nations Hack Each Other?
Avast Blog – 7.30.19 (7.25.19) Cyber espionage turned a corner this spring when Israeli fighter jets eradicated a building in the Gaza Strip believed to house Hamas cyber operatives carrying out attacks on Israel’s digital systems. Read more: How Do Nations Hack Each Other?
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What To Do When You Get A Suspicious Email
Avast Blog – 7.29.19 (7.26.19) You get a suspicious email. It addresses you by name, but the wording, which urges immediate action, is odd. This may happen to you many times a week. Do you know what to do – and what not to do – with emails like this? Do you know what to…
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Is FaceApp Safe to Use?
Avast Blog – 7.22.19 (7.16.19) FaceApp can make your face look old – but does it also invade your privacy? In the past week photos from the app – and fears about cybersecurity issues – have swirled through social media with more distortions than clarity. Read more: Is FaceApp Safe to Use? | Avast
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Agent Smith Malware Hits 25 Million Android Devices
Avast Blog – 7.15.19 (7.12.19) Bad actors have pushed variants of the Agent Smith malware to users through unofficial Android app stores, infecting up to 25 million devices, Bleeping Computer reported. Security analysts identified over 360 different dropper strains of the malware, being distributed in malicious game, photo, and adult content apps for over two years. Read more: Agent…
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The Eight Essentials of Secure Computing
Avast Blog – 6.26.19 (6.24.19) For most of us, our web browser is the internet. It’s how we directly access the information and content online, for work, for fun, for research, for finance, for communication and almost everything else we do online. Read more: The Eight Essentials of Secure Computing
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Do you know the last time you were socially engineered
Avast Blog – 6.21.19 (6.19.19) The intensity of phishing campaigns endures, as threat actors manipulate human foibles to gain unauthorized access to homes and companies Read more: Do you know the last time you were socially engineered
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Avast Hacked a Smart Coffee Maker All Kinds of Ways
Avast Blog – 6.18.19 Imagine your worst Internet of Things nightmare: Your smart devices attack you. Now imagine a bigger nightmare: Your dependable “smart” coffee maker stops serving your morning brew. Read more: Avast Hacked a Smart Coffee Maker All Kinds of Ways