Mother’s Day is here again! Being ritually unable to choose between a bouquet of flowers and bottle of red wine for my mother, I thought this year I’d go for something a little more technological, only to find that she was already miles ahead of me (I don’t even know or care what a T-Hub [...]
Are you on Facebook? Of course you are – it’s the most popular social networking site in the world for people under 20. And fair enough, too, since it helps you stay in touch with friends, share photos and organise events. That said, Facebook has led to some pretty dark situations for some young people out [...]
In a world without privacy surely our lives would be laid bare for all to see, and much like a naked “streaker” running across a football field, you’d have nothing to hide, right? What a world that would be! However, the reality in society is that whether you like it or not we’re judged (or [...]
The latest version of the immensely popular Angry Birds series, Angry Birds Space, has already seen fake imitations – after only being available since March this year. The infected version has been found to contain a Trojan, detected as “Andr/KongFu-L”. While the imitation appears to be fully functional, it is actually manipulating what is known as the “GingerBreak” exploit [...]
Late last week we saw evidence of an email phishing scam, pretending to be from Apple, offering discount cards to loyal customers. Seen below, the scam is similar to previous examples we’ve observed to be popping up over the last year or so. [...]
Ransom and extortion in the physical world is usually a big deal in Australia – from the Arnott’s Biscuits scandals in the 90s to Madeleine Pulver’s recent fake-collar-bomb ordeal, we’ve been glued to the tube. What is far less captivating, and what most Australians aren’t aware of, is the growing number of online exploits [...]
The fifth instalment of the AVG Digital Diaries study, “Digital Coming of Age“, reveals some really interesting new stats about how today’s parents perceive their teens’ online activity. One of the most surprising findings from the research is that 44% of parents keep tabs on their teens by accessing their Facebook account without their consent. This brings us to [...]
Since 1991, AVG has been at the vanguard of consumer protection. We’ve been working to protect you and your family from computerised security risks well before the online community had even heard of Yahoo!, and we already had a trusted AVG Free product by the time the dot com bubble burst all over the US [...]
When you were born, you were given a “name” and like it or hate it, in the years that have passed by it has been kicked around the schoolyard and written on all of your birthday cards. It is something you recognise immediately, whenever you hear it shouted from across the room or whispered quietly [...]
We all love a great story, and many of the great stories usually involve some nasty villain getting their just desserts, while celebrating the victim who becomes the victor… and it’s even better when a scammer is involved! In the online world, some of the funniest stories about getting back at scammers encourage a thing [...]
