Tag: Avast
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Dare to dream: A new way to advertise online
Avast Blog – 1.24.22 The Avast team has been interested to learn about a recent proposal put forth by politicians in the US House of Representatives which calls for an end to targeted advertising, AKA surveillance advertising. We suggested this very same thing last year in an earlier blog post. This would stop advertisers from serving targeted ads…
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How to spot email scams
Avast Blog – 1.13.22 One would think that scammy emails are a thing of the past and that users are digitally educated in this day and age, a fact which enables them to tell which email is a scam and which one isn’t. Source: How to spot email scams
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Is your phone actually secure?
Avast Blog – 12.30.21 Let’s start by taking a minute to think about all of the things we use our phones for. If you’re like most people, your phone is probably connected at a minimum to your email, your social media accounts, your browser, your photos, and your text messages. Depending on other factors, it…
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Countering disinformation requires a more coordinated approach
Avast Blog – 12.28.21 The US Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s latest report, entitled Countering Disinformation in the US, is the latest analysis to come from this two-year-old bipartisan Congressional think tank. The report, which was released in December, takes a closer look at the way disinformation is spread across digital networks and proposes a series of policy actions…
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5 tips for staying safe online
Avast Blog – 12.21.21 Online theft is nothing new – but 2021 saw cybercrime go to a whole new level. As we all spent more time at home (and therefore more time online), Avast tracked increases in everything from ransomware to cryptocurrency scams to phishing. Source: 5 tips for staying safe online
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Working from home and crypto hype to be exploited in 2022
Avast Blog – 12.14.21 As 2021 draws to an end, we’d like to examine what the digital landscape of 2022 has in store. In the new year, our team foresees cybercriminals making advancements to ensure the effectiveness of ransomware, a continuation of cryptocurrency scams, heists, and cryptomining malware. We also anticipate attacks abusing companies with work…
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The time I almost got scammed from my college email
Avast Blog – 12.13.21 As a 20-year-old college student, I was always looking to make fast cash. During my junior year of college, the holiday season was upon us and my part-time job was barely covering the fee to fill up my gas tank. As I looked through my school email, I saw the subject…
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Evernym joins Avast
Avast Blog – 12.9.21 If I were to ask you where your online identity exists, you might struggle to list all of the places your personal information is stored. For most of us, the number is over 150 accounts and passwords per person, with everything from contact information to very intimate health information existing in…
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Who Can See Your Address Online?
Avast Blog – 7.26.21 (7.20.21) Finding out someone’s address used to be kind of hard — or at least took some effort. I’m old enough to remember a time when you had to grab that brick called the “yellow pages” to search for someone’s address. We were taught how to do it in school: start with their…