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Deepfake Safety: Five Things You Can Do Today

The generation of images, videos, and voices through artificial intelligence is evolving at a pace that demands we establish clear criteria and good habits to defend ourselves from the dangers of abusing these technologies. Deepfakes are already part of our everyday online life, so it is a very good idea…

Top Online Scams to Be Aware of in 2025

The internet is undoubtedly full of great content, hobbies, information, offers, products, and people, but there’s also a darker side to it. We might not realise it, but every day we’re exposed to threats and scams as we navigate the online world. Curiosity and trust can be exploited to lure…

Meet the new features for Avast Free AV and Avast Premium Security

With millions of active users worldwide, Avast stands as a benchmark in cybersecurity. Why? Because of the quality of its solutions, the reach of its tools and because it is a platform in continuous evolution. A platform that today, once again, places our security at the forefront by reinforcing every…

Microsoft Reveals Truth About Windows 10 Data Collection
Will transparency on Windows 10 finally put privacy concerns to bed, or will it open Microsoft up to further criticism? Every since the halcyon days of 2015 when Microsoft first released Windows 10, the company has come under fire about its somewhat invasive data collection policy. By far the biggest... Read more
Verizon Rebrand And Relaunch Yahoo and AOL Into Oath
No, it’s not a late April Fool’s day joke, Verizon intend to combine Yahoo and AOL into a new company and call it ‘Oath.’ The news comes as Verizon completes its $4 billion plus takeover of Yahoo. ‘Oath’ was announced by AOL boss Tim Armstrong, Tuesday, ahead of a... Read more
Facebook Releases New Tools To Tackle Revenge Porn
Photo-matching tech will allow users to easily report intimate images, posted without consent. Facebook is acting in a new bid to limit the amount of ‘revenge porn’ being shared and reposted across its contingent of social media platforms, in a move praised by campaigners and advocacy groups. The new measures... Read more
Google Invests Heavily In Canada For AI Lab
Google Brain setting sights on ever-increasing tech talent pool in Toronto. AI has been a longtime dream that is finally coming into its own, thanks largely to 21st century computer innovations and a better understanding of how the human brain works. The bygone era of “what if” 1960s and beyond... Read more
Tech Aims To Replace Animal Testing
Software from global safety science company UL, is leading the way. In the current tech age, software is replacing a number of “old” methods, sometimes for cost effectiveness or for efficiency. In some cases, though, software can step in for ethical reasons, such as when public school science classes... Read more
Android Beats Windows To Become Most Used Operating System
Android has nudged ahead to become the world’s most popular OS. OK, so it might have only squeaked ahead by just 0.02%, but Android usage has beaten all other combined versions of Microsoft’s Windows into second place, for the first time. That is, at least according to Irish analytics firm StatCounter.... Read more
Smart TVs Hacked Through The Airwaves
Hack embeds attack code into broadcast signal, with no access required. It might be time to ask your crazy uncle for some spare tinfoil, and the instructions to make yourself a hat. New information from security researchers has found the smart TVs are the latest connected devices to potentially... Read more
LastPass Password Manager Has Major Hackable Security Issue
New vulnerability could allow hackers to steal passwords or use remote code execution. For the second time in as many weeks, LastPass password employees are allegedly frantically scrambling to try and fix a major software vulnerability that could allow sufficiently technical malicious websites to bypass LastPass code and infect... Read more
New Mirai Botnet Bombards US College With 54 Hour DDoS Attack
New botnet variant strikes using 10,000 connected devices. Since the Mirai malware was discovered last August, it’s been used to front several high-profile DDoS attacks, including last September’s assault on cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs. But now a new variant of the Mirai botnet malware has been found to behind... Read more
IoT Dishwasher Has Serious Security Flaw
Vulnerability found in network-connected device from German manufacturer Miele. The internet of things has brought “wave of the future” aspirations to our current tech reality, with much of the devices hitting the market looking for all the world like something out of a Disney EPCOT Center display. Unfortunately, as both tech experts... Read more
Privacy Search Engines And VPN Use On The Rise
Users are taking a stand against increased snooping by authorities.  Thanks to some shady political dealings over the course of the past week, concerned tech users across the US have a renewed focus on privacy. First the US Senate voted along party lines to overturn Obama-era privacy protections, then... Read more
Over Half Of All Pcs Running Out Of Date Software
More than 50% of software installed on PCs including the most popular, critical and security related applications such as Chrome, Firefox, Java and Flash are out of date. That’s according to Avast, anyway, who just released their Avast PC Trends Report January 2017. The report, based on the anonymous data... Read more
Lawmakers Prove They Don’t Know How The Internet Works
Part of the puritanical online censorship bill aims to end prostitution. One US state is the most recent to fall in line with party politics while simultaneously proving they don’t know how the internet works. A lawmaker in Alabama has proposed legislation that will require all internet-capable devices sold within the... Read more
DoubleAgent Attacks Can Take Down Any Software
New Zero-Day vulnerability can inject custom verifier into antivirus code. As if tech users and IT departments didn’t have enough to worry about, a new form of Windows-based attack has been uncovered. Researchers at Cybellum discovered the Zero-Day attack that they’re calling DoubleAgent due to its mechanism of exploiting the... Read more
What The US Vote On ISP Privacy Really Means
Vote tackles controversial internet privacy rules enacted under the Obama administration. There’s a vote happening today in the House of Representatives, one that’s expected to overturn some sweeping, controversial internet privacy rules that were enacted under the Obama administration. Sadly, the measure has already passed the Senate in a... Read more
Lack Of Software Talent Costing US Businesses
Report by Trilogy Education points to high price for talent drain.  The need for quality software engineers has plagued US tech companies for some time. The issue has even become highly politicized due to the recent attempts at banning travel by individuals from certain regions, regardless of their legal... Read more
Microsoft To End All Windows Vista Support On April 11
Less than two weeks before Windows Vista officially reaches ‘end of life’. On April 11, 2017, more than 10 years after Microsoft officially launched Windows Vista, the much-maligned operating system that no one ever seemed to really like, will cease to receive any further technical support by Microsoft. Haven’t I... Read more
Multi-State Data Breach Linked To Labor Boards
America’s JobLink (AJL) system affected by security incident. As if trying to find a job online isn’t stressful enough, new reports of a multi-state employment website data breach have surfaced. Residents in 10 states – Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma, and Vermont – may have... Read more