Mega breach, Ring dinged, and other security news This week’s news roundup features a data breach of over 770 million accounts, security doorbell Ring under fire, new ransomware, and more.…

Gamers and gaming security Rack up all of guest blogger Kevin Townsend’s good points as he explains how online gamers have to outsmart hackers...in addition to their opponents. At the…

Beating cybercrime today Our newest guest blogger Byron V. Acohido lays today’s digital stakes on the line. Back in 2004, when I co-wrote this USA TODAY cover story about spam-spreading…

Google fined $57M under GDPR New European standards go harder on data collectors to protect user privacy. The Commissione nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) is an independent French…

Largest data breach of the year (so far) California communications company Voipo was breached, compromising 7 million call logs and 6 million texts. Sure, it’s early yet, but 2019 can…

Could your texts be leaked? Even Jeff Bezos suffered from text leaks, but you can avoid it with end-to-end encryption. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may be a poster child for…

Apps with adware and more security news 85 apps found with adware on Google Play, Windows introduces reserve storage, and Neiman Marcus settles its 2013 data breach. Beware the adware…

2019 Predictions, Part 3: The world of AI Prepare for 2019 with these AI predictions from Avast experts. In our first segment, we discussed IoT in 2019. In our second…