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AhnLabs Tops the List of Best Android Antiviruses for Home Users / Digital Information World

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Using an antivirus just isn’t optional these days because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up protecting you from all sorts of malicious attacks. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that not all antiviruses are created equal. Some are better than others, and the folks over at AV-TEST recently conducted some assessments to provide an overview on which are the best of the best.

These antiviruses were tested based on the level of protection they provided, their performance as well as how easy they were to use. The tests were supposed to determine which antiviruses were most suitable for homer users with all things having been considered and taken into account.

It turns out that most antiviruses showed top notch performance in all metrics. AhnLab and Avast both received the maximum six points in all three areas for a grand total of eighteen. AVG, Avira and Bitdefender were also included at the top of the list, along with F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee and many more.

In spite of the fact that this is the case, some antiviruses ended up performing noticeably poorly. Case in point is Google’s Play Protect. The antivirus got the full 6 points in performance, but lost a point in the usability category. What’s more, the service scored a paltry 3.5 points in the protection tests which suggests that the antivirus might not do a lot to make your systems more secure than might have been the case otherwise.

Another conspicuously poor performer was Ikarus, with 15.5 out of 18. This is notably a whole point more than Google managed to get. Such a poor showing can be detrimental since it could make users lose trust in Google’s ability to keep them safe from various online threats.

All in all, users will likely see that virtually any antivirus can work quite well for them except for the ones provided by Google and Ikarus. This just goes to show how strong this industry truly is based on these tests.

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Gulp! Pepsi hack sees personal information stolen by data-stealing malware

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Towards the end of last year, malicious hackers broke into the systems of Pepsi Bottling Ventures, the largest privately-owned bottler of Pepsi-Cola beverages in the USA, and installed malware.

For almost the month the malware secretly exfiltrated personally identifiable information (PII) from the company’s network.

The first Pepsi Bottling Ventures knew about the unauthorized access to its network was on January 10 2023, but it took a further nine days until the organisation completely shut the attackers out of its systems.

As Bleeping Computer reports, a notification letter sent to affected individuals confirms that a worrying array of information was stolen:

  • Full name
  • Home address
  • Financial account information (including passwords, PINs, and access numbers)
  • State and Federal government-issued ID numbers and driving license numbers
  • ID cards
  • Social Security Numbers (SSNs)
  • Passport information
  • Digital signatures
  • Information related to benefits and employment (health insurance claims and medical history)

Clearly the potential exists for cybercriminals to exploit the information stolen from the company’s network to launch phishing attacks and attempt to commit identity theft.

What isn’t clear from the notification letter is how many people may be affected by the data breach, and whether any business partners or customers are impacted. It certainly appears, from the information shared so far, that the information stolen relates to Pepsi employees.

Affected individuals are being offered free identity monitoring for one year.  Pepsi is also recommending that users change their login credentials, and ensure that they are not using the same password anywhere else on the internet.

The company says that it has informed law enforcement agencies of the attack, reset company passwords, and put in place additional measures to secure its network.

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TMH on why information is limited – and a Q&A

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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare continues to be impacted by a severe computer system security issue that began plaguing the hospital late Thursday. Hospital officials say an investigation is still underway to determine the nature and magnitude of the problem.

Below is the latest information provided by the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare communications team. If you are a doctor, nurse or patient and want to share your experiences on the record or anonymously, email [email protected]

Feds on the scene:FBI working with TMH to ‘assess the situation;’ computers still offline after cyber incident

3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 update

As Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) continues to manage the information technology security event that occurred Thursday, Feb. 2, we would like to recognize and thank the community partners who are helping us navigate this challenge.

Thank you to HCA Florida Capital Hospital and Leon County EMS. We’ve been meeting regularly with our partners and have collaborated closely behind the scenes to coordinate the flow of patients being routed to HCA. We are extremely appreciative of their partnership to ensure our community continues to receive medical care.

We also thank our partners at the Florida Department of Health (DOH), Centralis and RICOH, who have been working diligently to support us as we remain on downtime procedures.

Additional partners who continue to support us include the Big Bend Healthcare Coalition, Tallahassee Fire Department, Apalachee Health Center, Encompass Health and Select Specialty Hospital.

We are in communication with our partners daily and are working together to ensure safe, high-quality patient care continues for our community.

We understand that our community is eager for more information about this event. Our teams are working around the clock in collaboration with outside experts and state and federal agencies to investigate the cause of the event and safely restore all computer systems as quickly as possible. We will provide updates as this investigation progresses, bearing in mind that security, privacy and law enforcement considerations impact the amount of detail we can provide.

We will continue to share updates…

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