International Women’s Day: Connecting the dots during career change

When I was 13 years old, I was shouted at by my school teacher for not having a computer at home. My family couldn’t afford one at the time, and it was ...

Does The U.S. Need Its Own Privacy Law? | Avast

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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 ...

How Did Ransomware Become A Lasting Threat? | Avast

“All we know is MONEY! Hurry up! Tik Tak, Tik Tak, Tik Tak!” ...
AI Is on Our Side | Avast

AI Is on Our Side | Avast

Headlines about ethical AI and stories about the dangers of artificial intelligence make me wonder if there would have been articles about ethical hammers or the dangers of knives had media and ...

How Do Nations Hack Each Other?

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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 ...

The Eight Essentials of Secure Computing | Avast

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A secure browser 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 ...

Do you know the last time you were socially engineered – Avast

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This spring marked the 20th anniversary of the Melissa email virus, which spread around the globe, setting the stage for social engineering to become what it is today ...

Gaming Industry Exploits User Addiction | Avast

Video gaming is now the world’s largest entertainment industry – bigger than music, even bigger than Hollywood. That means, for game developers and publishers, it’s also the most profitable place to be ...

Advice for Young Women Getting Started in Cybersecurity | Avast

Being an engineer in the cybersecurity space means working on finding answers to potential security threats and finding better ways to safeguard our families. I work on a variety of technologies, and ...

Mobile Device Cyberattacks Are Increasing | Avast

Our smartphones. Where would we be without them? ...