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Is your Remote Desktop System safe from Brute Force Attacks?

  • Rashmi Markhedkar / 9 years
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As we have explained in the previous Troldesh ransomware blog post, cyber criminals are now spreading ransomware by gaining access to computers through Remote Desktop. Remote access to the victim’s computer is gained by using brute-force techniques which can effectively crack weak passwords. Typically, the attacker scans a list of IP ranges for RDP port […]

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Ransomware Alert! ODIN – A new variant of Locky Ransomware

  • Quick Heal Security Labs / 9 years
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A new variant of the infamous Locky Ransomware has been observed in the wild. It’s called Odin. This variant appends the extension .odin to the files it encrypts with new ransom note filenames. This ransomware is being spread via spam emails that carry a malicious WSF Script attachment. How Odin encrypts the victim’s files • […]

Hackers Launching Multiple Attacks using One Email

  • manish sardiwal / 9 years
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  • 3 min read

What makes cybercriminals more notorious is that they do not stay idle. They keep themselves busy in improving their game and formulating newer methods to trap their preys. A case in point is a recent observation made by Quick Heal Labs where attackers are using a new open source exploit called ‘CVE-2016-0189’ for Internet Explorer. […]

Update your Quick Heal Total Security App for Enhanced Security

  • Sakshat Karkare / 9 years
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This is an advisory for users of the Quick Heal Total Security App. Starting from 1st October 2016, versions of this app that are older than (2.01.063) will stop supporting the Parental Control feature. To continue using this feature, updating to the latest version is necessary. More importantly, this version brings improvement in speed, stability, and […]

Older Versions of Quick Heal to end support for the Parental Control feature

  • Sakshat Karkare / 9 years
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This is an important advisory for our users about the Parental Control feature that comes with Quick Heal Internet Security and Quick Heal Total Security. Starting from 1st October 2016, some older versions of these two products will stop supporting Parental Control. Read the rest of the post for more information on this. Which versions […]

Alert! Ransomware is Being Spread through the Ammyy Admin Website

  • Sakshat Karkare / 9 years
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This is a precautionary advisory for users who frequently visit the website of the popular remote desktop sharing software called Ammyy Admin. Quick Heal Labs has observed that a new variant of the Cerber3 Ransomware is being spread through the Ammyy Admin software on the official Ammyy Admin website. This news, however, is not surprising […]

Be Careful of the KMSPico Activator – It could be a Ransomware!

  • Quick Heal Security Labs / 9 years
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If you are using KMSPico Activator for activating your Windows or MS Office, then you could be risking yourself to a ransomware infection. Quick Heal Threat Research Labs has recently observed a new variant of ransomware called Domino that is using this activator as a carrier. The malware encrypts the infected files and appends the […]

Hrithik Roshan’s Facebook Account Hacked! 5 Tips to secure your Facebook Account

  • Sakshat Karkare / 9 years
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  • 3 min read

The Facebook account of the Mohenjo Daro actor Hrithik Roshan was briefly hacked on Monday evening. Seemed like the hacker wanted to start the week with a bang! Reportedly, after compromising Roshan’s official Facebook account, the hacker put up his own picture as the profile photo. And he continued his hacking spree by hosting a […]