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Activate WhatsApp two-step verification feature on your phone right now

  • Ankita Ashesh / 9 years
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  • 3 min read

After several months of testing, WhatsApp has finally rolled out the two-step verification security feature which will prevent anyone else from activating your WhatsApp phone number without a six digit passcode. How to enable the Two-Step Verification Feature To enable this security feature users have to open WhatsApp > Settings > Account > Two-step verification […]

Beware of Spora – a professionally designed ransomware

  • Quick Heal Security Labs / 9 years
  • 3
  • 4 min read

Spora is a recent addition to the ransomware family that Quick Heal Lab has come across.  It is a file encryptor ransomware that encrypts a user’s files with strong encryption algorithm and demands a ransom. Spora is launched with a good infection routine, the capability to work offline, well-designed and managed payment portal dashboard, decryption […]

DDoS attacks spreading through ‘GodMode’ exploit – CVE-2014-6332

  • Prakash Galande / 9 years
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  • 6 min read

We have recently observed an increase in the exploitation of the famous ‘GodMode’ exploit of the vulnerability CVE-2014-6332. The reliable proof of concept (POC) or exploit code for CVE-2016-6332 is readily available on the Internet. This makes it easy for attackers to integrate the exploit in various campaigns. They just have to flip the malware […]

Vulnerability fixed in Quick Heal products

  • Sakshat Karkare / 9 years
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  • 1 min read

Out of Bound Write on Stack Buffer Background A security vulnerability –  CVE-2017-5005 in Quick Heal allowed illegal Remote Code Execution and Privilege Escalation. Present Status • Vulnerability fixed and released as an update to all Quick Heal users on Saturday, 11th June 2016. • Quick Heal products having virus database of 11th June 2016 […]