This could get messy

US cybersecurity firm NortonLifeLock Inc's $8.6 billion purchase of rival Avast will face an in-depth probe by Britain if competition concerns are not addressed, the UK anti-trust regulator warned.

Business users chance of a hit increased 24 percent 

Security outfit Avast revealed that the overall chance of business users encountering a cyber threat has increased worldwide year over year by 24 percent, from 11.25 to 13.9 percent.

Create a clear leader

London-listed cybersecurity firm Avast is in advanced talks with US rival NortonLifeLock about a merger that would create a clear leader in consumer security software.

If you are daft enough to opt-in to data collection

Avast and its subsidiary AVG are harvesting data collected from free antivirus programme if you opt into data collection.

Was sending phoning home too much user data

Big Cheeses at the Mozzarella Foundation have removed Avast and AVG products from their browser store after it was discovered that they were sending users' browser data home.

123456

Security researchers from Czech cyber-security outfit Avast have found more than 600,000 GPS trackers manufactured by a Chinese company using the same default password of 123456.

Marginally lower than expected revenue, ye landlubbwea

Cybersecurity outfit Avast’s long-serving chief executive officer will clean out his desk after the company reported slightly lower than expected adjusted revenue and earnings in its first annual results since listing in May.

Privacy issues

Avast has pulled its update for CCleaner 5.45 which angered a lot of people over its privacy changes.

Maybe the FBI was right

Researchers at Avast Threat Labs say that more than 100 different low-cost Android devices from manufacturers like ZTE, Archos, and myPhone come with malware pre-installed.

Writes a $1.3 billion cheque

Avast has acquired rival AVG Technologies for $1.3 billion as it appears the security market is headed for a period of contraction.