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Cybercrime’s constant rise is becoming everyone’s problem

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Cybercrime’s constant rise is becoming everyone’s problem 2024-10-18 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Cybercrime in recent years shows no signs of slowing down, with phishing attacks surging and ransomware tactics becoming more advanced, forcing organizations to constantly adapt their defenses. The rise of deepfake technology, especially in creating realistic audio impersonations, poses new dangers. […]

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Decryptor for DoNex, Muse, DarkRace, (fake) LockBit 3.0 ransomware released

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Decryptor for DoNex, Muse, DarkRace, (fake) LockBit 3.0 ransomware released 2024-07-08 at 13:01 By Zeljka Zorz A cryptographic weakness in the DoNex ransomware and its previous incarnations – Muse, fake LockBit 3.0, and DarkRace – has allowed Avast researchers to create a decryptor for files encrypted by all those ransomware variants. DoNex ransom note (Source:

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90% of threats are social engineering

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90% of threats are social engineering 2024-06-06 at 06:32 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Jakub Kroustek, Malware Research Director at Gen, discusses the Avast Q1 2024 Threat Report. The report highlights significant trends and incidents in cybersecurity. Key findings include: Surge in social engineering attacks: Nearly 90% of threats blocked

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YouTube has become a significant channel for cybercrime

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YouTube has become a significant channel for cybercrime 2024-05-21 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Social engineering threats – those which rely on human manipulation – account for most cyberthreats faced by individuals in 2024, according to Avast. According to the latest quarterly Avast Threat Report, which looks at the threat landscape from January-March 2024,

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Avast One Silver allows users to tailor their coverage based upon their personal preferences

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Avast One Silver allows users to tailor their coverage based upon their personal preferences 2024-04-04 at 13:01 By Industry News Avast released a new product tier to the Avast One suite: Avast One Silver. The new offering takes a modular approach to cyber security, allowing people to tailor their coverage based upon their needs, personal

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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data

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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data 2024-02-23 at 13:18 By Help Net Security The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges that the company and its subsidiaries

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FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers

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FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers 2024-02-22 at 22:17 By Ryan Naraine European security vendor Avast is charged with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and anti-virus software and “and sold it without adequate notice and without consumer consent.” The post FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing

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Dissecting Rancoz Ransomware

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Dissecting Rancoz Ransomware 11/05/2023 at 15:46 By cybleinc CRIL analyzes Rancoz, a new ransomware variant that is leveraging Vice Society’s codebase to target a wider victim base. The post Dissecting Rancoz Ransomware appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View Original Source React to this headline:

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