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Avast Subsidiary Sells User Browsing History

Adam Levin

A subsidiary of Avast antivirus is selling sensitive user browsing data to many companies, including Revlon, Microsoft, Google, Yelp, Condé Nast, and TripAdvisor. According to the Motherboard article, “multiple Avast users… were not aware Avast sold browsing data, raising questions about how informed that consent is.”.

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FTC charged Avast with selling users’ browsing data to advertising companies

Security Affairs

US FTC charged cyber security firm Avast with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and antivirus and sold it. “Respondents sold the browsing information that they purported to protect, in many instances without notice to users.” ” re ads the FTC’s complaint.

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Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government-issued mobile devices

Security Affairs

Canada banned the Chinese messaging app WeChat and Kaspersky antivirus on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. “The Chief Information Officer of Canada determined that WeChat and Kaspersky suite of applications present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

These two software are currently unknown to most if not all antivirus companies.” “FUD” in the ad above refers to software and download links that are “Fully UnDetectable” as suspicious or malicious by all antivirus software. The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products.

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What is not included in a Cyber Insurance Policy

CyberSecurity Insiders

If not, you better review the guidelines and inform all your C-level employees on strategies to cope with the losses that remain out of the cyber insurance cover. From the client’s side, all PCs must have antivirus software and must be kept updated. Ever wondered what is covered and what is not in your Cyber Insurance Policy?

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92% of worldwide Microsoft Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated

Security Affairs

” According to data collected by RiskIQ , the number of unpatched systems is less than 30,000, Microsoft also announced that 92% of worldwide Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated. The IT giant also updated Microsoft Defender Antivirus to protect unpatched Exchange servers from ProxyLogon attacks.?.

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Trend Micro Apps removed from Mac App Store after being caught exfiltrating user data

Security Affairs

Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro, including Dr Cleaner, Dr. Unarchiver, Dr Antivirus, and App Uninstall, have been removed from the Mac App Store after researchers discovered they were harvesting users’ browser history and other information. ” reads the official reply published by the company.

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