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Avast Blocks Record Breaking 10 Billion Attacks in 2023, Nearly a 50% Increase from Previous Year
Avast, a leader in digital security and privacy and brand of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), blocked an unprecedented 10 billion attacks in 2023 for a remarkable 49% increase year-over-year. According to the latest quarterly Avast Threat Report, which looks at the threat landscape from October-December 2023, scams, phishing and malvertising continue to account for more than 75% of all cyber threats.…
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Avast Introduces Avast One Platinum
Avast, a leading digital security and privacy brand of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), today launched Avast One Platinum, the new premium tier of the award-winning Cyber Safety service, Avast One. The new Platinum offering combines the full feature set from Avast One Family with identity monitoring and protection, identity theft resolution and reimbursement*, and premium technical support, to give people more control…
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Avast Steps Up to Protect Digital Freedom for All
Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy, today unveiled its new brand identity and expanded purpose to protect digital freedom for all online citizens. Avast is committed to furthering digital rights, especially in the critical area of privacy, with a new digital freedom strategy that includes policymaker engagement, philanthropy, and innovation. The new brand look and tone…
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Avast Strengthens Defense Against Ransomware Attacks in its Free and Premium Antivirus Offerings
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy, has released new versions of its security products to address the recent global surge in coronavirus-related ransomware. Avast has added Ransomware Shield, previously only available on Avast Premium Security, to its popular Avast Free Antivirus, and introduced the brand-new Remote Access Shield for Avast Premium Security.…
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Avast to Present 5G Smart Home Security Solution to Reduce Attack Surfaces at Hotedge ’20
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Armin Wasicek, Senior Data Scientist at Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, will present research he conducted with Amr Osman, Stefan Köpsell, researchers from Germany’s Technical University of Dresden, and Thorsten Stufe, researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology at USENIX HotEdge ’20. The conference will take place virtually this year from June 25-26, 2020. The…
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Avast Named CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security products, today announced that its new IoT security product, Avast Omni, has been named a Best of Innovation Honoree in the CES 2020 Innovation Awards. The product won the “Best of Cybersecurity and Personal Privacy” category for outstanding engineering and design, underscoring the company’s mission to…
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Avast Launches New Router Security Service with Wind Tre
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and LONDON, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security products, today announced the roll-out of a new router security service based on Avast Smart Life, to Wind Tre, a top Italian mobile operator and among the main operators in the fixed-line market. Following on from the market launch of the WIND FAMILY PROTECT application in December, which…
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New release of Avast Secure Browser Delivers Deeper Consumer Privacy
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Avast (LSE: AVST), the global leader in digital security products, has released a new version of Avast Secure Browser (code-named Aspen) which gives people even greater protection and control over their privacy, identity and personal data when browsing the internet. The new version introduces new features including Webcam Guard to give consumers complete control over who can access…
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