Quick Heal Debuts at RSA 2016, San Francisco, USA

Widely recognized as the world’s largest information security event, the RSA Conference takes place in San Francisco each year to bring together the brightest minds and the most advanced technologies in our industry. All of us at Quick Heal are very excited to participate in the 2016 conference, which takes place February 29 through March […]

Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) – A Digital Nuisance

This post aims to provide an insight to our readers about programs called Potentially Unwanted Applications, about what they are and how they can be a threat to our privacy and security. What are Potentially Unwanted Applications? Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA) are often bundled with genuine software that are freely available online and are usually […]

New Phishing Campaign Targets Google Play Developers

Google has issued a precautionary note for Google Play Developers. It reads as follows: “If you’ve received an email from ‘Developer Support‘ with the subject line ‘Confirm your account,’ don’t click on links within this message or submit any personal information. If you clicked any links, please immediately change your password and run an anti-virus […]

Stay Away from all these Apps on Google Play

This is a precautionary advisory for all our readers who use Android smartphones. A Trojan detected by Quick Heal as Android.Xynyin.C, is known to have been injected into more than 60 gaming apps available in the Google Play Store. According to the intelligence reports received from our Malware Analysts, the apps that were compromised with […]

5 Best Instagram Security Tips

When Instagram was formed as an iOS-only photo sharing app in 2010, nobody imagined how big and popular the service could actually get. Today Instagram is available over all major mobile platforms and has more than 400 million monthly active users around the world. The key features of Instagram are photo sharing, video sharing (up […]

VirTool Injector – Esoteric Bot

Quick Heal Threat Research Labs is tracking a malware known as Esoteric Bot. This blog post provides a technical overview into the behavior, work flow, and infection vector of this malware. It also discusses its preventive measures that must be taken by users. Infection Vector of Esoteric Bot Spam emails or drive-by-downloads are the common […]