Tag: Avast

Avast faces $16.5m FTC fine for selling user browsing data

Avast, a software provider, has been ordered to pay $16.5m and cease the sale or licensing of web browsing data for advertising purposes.

Automated network assurance pioneer IP Fabric bags $25m

IP Fabric, a market frontrunner in automated network assurance, has successfully procured $25m in a Series B funding round.

Antivirus firm NortonLifeLock set to snap up Avast in $8.6bn deal

Consumer antivirus company NortonLifeLock has entered an agreement to purchase competitor Avast in a deal valued between $8.1bn and $8.6bn.

Why Avast CEO believes COVID-19 has been good for cybersecurity businesses

Anti-virus software company Avast has seen its shares surge since the spread of the coronavirus, which the company's boss thinks other cybersecurity will experience too.

Avast and Czech counterintelligence identify cyberattack

Avast Cybersecurity and the Czech counterintelligence service BIS has reportedly identified a network attack on the company which is believed to have originated from China.

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