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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

What’s the best antivirus software? With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Top 4 antivirus software. Top 4 antivirus software. Bitdefender. Other AV contenders. Bitdefender Total Security. Encryption.

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12 Online Resolutions for 2021

Adam Levin

Here are 12 New Year Resolutions for a safer and more secure digital you in 2021: Think before you click that email link: 2020 was a record-breaking year for ransomware, malware, and phishing , and many, if not most of these attacks were launched with the click on a link in an email. That’s always the case when it comes to cybersecurity.

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New Cyberthreats for 2021

Adam Levin

2020 saw a record number of ransomware attacks, and we can expect more of the same in 2021. And while 2021 is not likely to feature a host of new threats, there are trends to monitor. These concerns were apparently validated by a 2019 incident where deepfaked audio technology was used to scam a CEO out of $243,000.

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Mobile malware evolution 2021

SecureList

In 2021, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 3,464,756 malicious installation packages. In 2021, we observed a downward trend in the number of attacks on mobile users. Banking Trojans acquired new capabilities in 2021. Number of detected malicious installation packages, 2018–2021 ( download ).

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Stalkerware-type detections hit record high in 2021, but fell in second half

Malwarebytes

After having tracked stalkerware for years, Malwarebytes can reveal that in 2021, detections for apps that can non-consensually monitor another person’s activity reached their highest peak ever, but that, amidst the record-setting numbers, the volume of detections actually began to significantly decrease in the second half of the year.

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MY TAKE: What NortonLifeLock’s $8 billion buyout of Avast portends for consumer security

The Last Watchdog

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. Way back in 1990, Symantec acquired Norton Utilities and made Norton the heart of its antivirus subscription offering. Related: The coming of ubiquitous passwordless access. LW: Anything else?

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Ranzy Locker ransomware hit tens of US companies in 2021

Security Affairs

. “Unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021. The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.”