With a detection rate going as high as 99,8%, Avira Antivirus Pro occupies the 1st place in the File-Detection Test performed by AV-Comparatives in September 2015.
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A banking trojan, detected by ESET as Win32/Brolux.A, is targeting Japanese internet banking users and spreading through at least two vulnerabilities: a Flash vulnerability leaked in the Hacking Team hack and the so-called unicorn bug, a vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
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US authorities have jailed the administrators and claim to have shut down the Dridex/Bugat botnet, but Avira researchers are finding signs that the botnet is still functioning.
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The regular occurrence of data breaches is pushing organizations to think more seriously about updating their risk management policies. With that in mind, we look at the top ten things you need to know about cyber insurance, which is fast becoming a business necessity.
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Banking trojans are ubiquitous and growing in number and sophistication, largely through trojan downloaders and webinjects. Here are four severe cases.
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At VB2015 in Prague, three experts from the Avira labs – Moritz Kroll, Philipp Wolf & Ayoub Faouzi – spoke on botnet tracking. Here is a summary of their findings:
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As part of World Post Day (October 9th), we take a closer look at the many security risks associated with email, the electronic cousin of regular mail.
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Earlier this week, CERT-RO organized its 5th Annual Conference in Bucharest focusing on “Global trends in Cybersecurity”. Avira team members had the pleasure of attending the event not only as guests but also as sponsors and speakers.
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In Virus Lab, we work hand in hand with our support team in order to help them in the daily fight against the „dark side“. We see a lot of infections every day and often ask ourselves how all those user end up with so many unwanted application installed.
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In an exclusive for We Live Security, Jean-Ian Boutin, a malware researcher at ESET, shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of banking trojans.
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