Avast’s recent acquisition, CCleaner, was hacked to distribute a multi-stage malware backdoor signed with its own certificate.This hack could affect millions of people. According to an analysis by Cisco Talos, the servers used by Avast, the company that owns CCleaners, were comprised to distribute the malware. “For a period of time, the legitimate signed version of CCleaner 5.33 […]
Qualcomm today said the Snapdragon 820 processor will contain new anti-malware tools to protect smartphone users from threats. Qualcomm Snapdragon Smart Protect can provide “real-time, on-device machine learning” to detect zero-day malware before it wreaks havoc on smartphone owners. Snapdragon Smart Protect relies on Qualcomm’s Zeroth technology, which they worked with Avast on, which adds […]
PC security and anti-virus vendor Avast experienced a data theft over the weekend, with the losses coming in at nearly 200,000 accounts potentially at risk. Stolen are user’s nicknames, user names, email addresses, and hashed passwords. The company has issued a blog post informing users of the breach, and the forums have been temporarily shut […]
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