March, 2020

Android application found on Google Play Store carrying Windows malware!

Vaibhav Billade / 6 years
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3 min read

Recently, Quick Heal Security Labs found an Android application present on the Google Play Store which was infected by Windows malware. The application is meant for Gionee SmartWatch configuration and visualizing the data through App. On further analyzing the App, we found few HTML files which were infected with Windows malware. These infected HTML files […]

Ransomware attacks happening under the name of Coronavirus

Is the Coronavirus becoming an attack channel for ransomware?

Anita Ladkat / 6 years
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3 min read

Nowadays, everybody is aware of the term, ‘Novel Coronavirus.’ All over the world, 7.7 Billion people have gotten affected by Coronavirus directly or indirectly. It has impacted so badly that currently, entire mankind is frightened and worried about the future of their survival. As per sources, it originated in China and spread across the entire […]

Is embracing digitalization a challenge per se?

How can 1.33 billion people embrace digitalization in an era of damaging malware?

Quickheal / 6 years
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3 min read

There are approximately 451 million monthly active Internet users in India. This estimate from a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is a staggering number. It puts India only second in terms of Internet users after China. Yet, if you see this number from a different angle, you’ll realize that this […]

Fake Coronavirus tracking app exploiting our fear and vulnerable social situation

Digvijay Mane / 6 years
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5 min read

As the Coronavirus spreads across countries creating fear across the globe, everybody wants to stay on top of any information related to it wanting to remain safe and away from infected people. Malware authors are also taking advantage of this situation. Previously on the Android Playstore, there were many applications present which claimed that they could provide Coronavirus […]

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Are you secured when dealing with money on your mobile phones?

Quickheal / 6 years
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3 min read

The sheer convenience of shopping and banking with mobile phones has made it an exceedingly popular device for digital transactions. According to a KPMG report, digital payments are estimated to see a CAGR of 12.7 percent in the number of non-cash transactions by 2021. The growth is being driven by India which will see a […]

CVE-2020-0796 – A “wormable” Remote Code Execution vulnerability in SMB v3

Quickheal / 6 years
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2 min read

Since last two days, the Internet is rife with news around a critical remote code execution vulnerability in SMBv3.1.1 compression mechanism. Today, on 12th March 2020 Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band patch to address this vulnerability. As per Microsoft release information, it’s a remote code execution vulnerability in the way that the Microsoft Server […]

Can playing video games on the PC cause cyberattacks?

Quickheal / 6 years
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3 min read

The video gaming industry has become the foremost entertainment medium worldwide as evidenced by its valuation. The market is estimated to reach an estimated $179.1 billion by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 6.4% from 2019 to 2024. And yet, perhaps because of its denotation as an ‘entertainment’ medium, the video game industry doesn’t always […]

Mailto Ransomware under the skin of explorer.exe

Priyanka Shinde / 6 years
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5 min read

All of us, at some point in time, must have heard the story of Wolf and the flock of sheep. The fooling trick used by the wicked wolf of pretending to be a sheep is still in use by many malware authors. They pretend to be genuine processes to achieve their villainy activities. Such a […]