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Is Avast safe to use in 2023? | Kaspersky official blog

December 7, 2022 admin APT, AVAST!, privacy, Products, Security, Technology, Tips

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:36:15 +0000

Is it safe to use Avast? Learn how the company was accused of selling users’ data and spreading malware through its product.

Independent Krebs

500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining

February 2, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, AVAST!, avira crypto, cryptomining, norton 360, norton crypto, nortonlifelock

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2022 18:05:14 +0000

Many readers were surprised to learn recently that the popular Norton 360 antivirus suite now ships with a program which lets customers make money mining virtual currency. But Norton 360 isn’t alone in this dubious endeavor: Avira antivirus — which has built a base of 500 million users worldwide largely by making the product free — was recently bought by the same company that owns Norton 360 and is introducing its customers to a service called Avira Crypto.

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (October 21 – 27)

October 28, 2019 admin AVAST!, ccleaner, doxing, edps, Magecart, NordVPN, privacy protection, robocalls, SQL Server, stalkerware, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:05:10 +0000

A look at the cybersecurity news from October 21 – 27 including Magecart, robocalls, doxing, stalkerware, ransomware, breaches, and much more.

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Week in security

Tags: avast ccleaner doxing edps Magecart NordVPN privacy protection robocalls sql server stalkerware

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MalwareBytes Security

[Updated] Infected CCleaner downloads from official servers

September 19, 2017 admin AVAST!, Business, ccleaner, malware, Piriform, Security world, Servers, Talos

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:31:16 +0000

In a supply chain attack that may be unprecedented in number of downloads download servers hosting CCleaner, distributed by Avast have been delivering a version of CCleaner with malware on top.

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Tags: avast ccleaner malware Piriform servers Talos

MalwareBytes Security

Infected CCleaner downloads from official servers

September 18, 2017 admin AVAST!, Business, ccleaner, malware, Piriform, Security world, Servers, Talos

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:31:16 +0000

In a supply chain attack that may be unprecedented in number of downloads download servers hosting CCleaner, distributed by Avast have been delivering a version of CCleaner with malware on top.

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Tags: avast ccleaner malware Piriform servers Talos

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Independent Krebs

U.K. Hospitals Hit in Widespread Ransomware Attack

May 12, 2017 admin AVAST!, Bleeping Computer, Jakub Kroustek, Lawrence Abrams, National Health Service, Other, Telefonica, Wanna Decryptor, WannaCry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:54:01 +0000

At least 16 hospitals in the United Kingdom are being forced to divert emergency patients today after computer systems there were infected with ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s documents, images, music and other files unless the victim pays for a key to unlock them. It remains unclear exactly how this ransomware strain is being disseminated and why it appears to have spread so quickly, but there are indications the malware may be spreading to vulnerable systems through a security hole in Windows that was recently patched by Microsoft.