We have all heard about the importance of selecting a strong, secure password. The question then has to be asked – why do so many people continue to use weak, easily guessed ones such as ‘password’ and ’12345′? Probably because it’s easy! Don’t risk it though – it is important to remember that passwords are [...]
It wouldn’t be an understatement to suggest that the reality of modern cybercrime has taken up where the Cold War left off. Cyber criminals are continually sharpening and aligning their tools to attack our nations’ infrastructures with increasingly diverse and pervasive techniques. Left unchecked in our hyper-connected world, cybercrime threatens to denigrate and damage the [...]
We’ve long maintained that we can’t defend ourselves against cybercrime with technology alone. We also need education that can inform how we behave online, for often it’s our actions that determine whether or not hackers succeed in breaking through our defences. To continue in its commitment to educating the public (and ourselves), AVG Technologies commissioned [...]
Here at AVG we realise that more and more people are working on the move. Whether that’s out and about in coffee shops, working on the train or in airports or just moving from one office to another, more and more of us are expected to be connected to the online world most of the [...]
It’s widely accepted that working on the move can significantly boost employee productivity, but small business owners need to realise that this is not plug-and-play computing. A considered approach to who is using what kind of equipment and what “apps” your staff are downloading is needed if the device in question is going to be [...]
Hot off the ‘virtual press’ right now is the “AVG Community Powered Threat Report – Q2 2011″. Always a compelling read, this latest report has some revelations that may prove to be ‘rude awakenings’ for small to medium sized businesses in all industry verticals. Highlights in Q2 2011 include: ‘Trusted Malware’; Mac Attack; Mobile Malware; [...]
Earlier in June we posted here about a new spear phishing email pretending to be from the Australian Tax Office (ATO). See E-tax 2011: Refund from the Australian Tax Office Well the problem continued so last week we put out a media release about it and included some tips. See AVG (AU/NZ) Warns of New [...]
The AVG Web Threat Research Group has put together a video on a Facebook clickjacking scam they recently found on Amazon’s cloud site http://s3.amazonaws.com/. The “Big Baby Born Amazing Effects” scam, which purports to offer a webcam view of a birth, spreads through Facebook posts from those who have fallen for the trick. Curious Facebook [...]
Google says it has recently uncovered a hacking campaign originating in China that has targeted Google Gmail accounts of senior US officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists. I spoke with Adelaine Ng on ABC Radio Australia about this on Thursday, 2 June 2011. Listen in at http://blogs.radioaustralia.net.au/english/2011/asia/security-battle-continues-for-google-china Plus I appeared on 6.60 with [...]
Today AVG Technologies released the third installment of its yearlong Digital Diaries study, which was kicked off in October 2010 to discover how today’s digital world is impacting the way we live. The surveys so far have revealed some stunning insights into how the Internet has rapidly changed our daily interactions and well-being — especially [...]
