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New malware via gaming portals may affect thousands of personal computers

  • Quickheal / 6 years
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Gamers beware. A report by Chinese cybersecurity researchers recently discovered a malicious botnet campaign that infected hundreds of thousands of systems. This botnet campaign was spread through malware via pirate gaming portals. The attack has been traced back to a China-based cybercrime group called DoubleGun which has amassed thousands of bots that it controls remotely […]

70% apps in common use have security flaws. Are you protected?

  • Akuti Ojah / 6 years
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Most of the popular applications we use today are built upon open-source libraries – free code repositories that help developers to create readymade applications. But, how safe are those libraries? According to a recent report, not very. Almost 70 percent of apps in common use were found to have flaws in an open-source library on […]

BHIM App attacked! Secure your online banking today with Quick Heal

  • Akuti Ojah / 6 years
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India’s BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app used for mobile payments was reported recently to have suffered a massive data leakage of 7.26 million records, according to a security research company. According to the report, the leak happened due to a flaw in a website linked to the BHIM app and created by a company […]

Poulight- An info-stealing trojan might be teaching you how to play Minecraft

  • Akshay Gaikwad / 6 years
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Poulight is an info-stealer trojan which most probably originated in Russia. It is written in the .NET and can collect sensitive information and deliver it to cybercriminals. Ever since its first appearance, it has been growing substantially and taking different forms. The main Infection vector remains spear-phishing emails. It was sold in just a handful […]

Maze ransomware continues to be a threat to the consumers

  • Preksha Saxena / 6 years
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Maze is a recently highlighted ransomware among the ever-growing list of ransomware families. The ransomware is active from the past one year, although it came into limelight due to its new approach of publishing sensitive data of infected customers publicly. The malware uses different techniques to gain entry like the use of exploit kits or […]

Malicious bots targeting e-commerce and travel websites – A perceivable threat

  • Akuti Ojah / 6 years
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Malicious bots are becoming a major threat on the Internet. A recent survey suggested that attacks on applications, APIs, and mobile sites are on the rise. The top four industries that were attacked by malicious bots last year were e-commerce, travel, media, and online marketplaces, according to a report. Let us look at the conceivable […]

Maze of Maze ransomware & its deceitful tactics

  • Preksha Saxena / 6 years
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Maze is a recent highlighted ransomware among the ever-growing list of ransomware families. Maze ransomware is active from last one year, although it came into light due to its new approach of publishing sensitive data of infected customer publicly. The malware uses different techniques to gain entry like to use exploits kits or via email […]

Eventbot malware – all you need to know about this new mobile banking Trojan

  • Akuti Ojah / 6 years
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Eventbot- a new mobile banking Trojan is making the rounds on the Internet, posing threats to online mobile banking apps for Android users. The Government of India’s cybersecurity arm Cert-In has already raised an alarm about this malware and advised security agencies to be alert about its projected spread in India. Currently, the malware is […]

Quick Heal Supports Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Vibranium)

  • Quickheal / 6 years
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Microsoft has recently come up with a new update for Windows 10 PCs, called Windows 10 May 2020 Update -Vibranium (Build version 2004) Here we will list down some of the highlights of this update and see how Quick Heal is compatible with this OS. Few Highlights of Windows 10 May 2020 Update 1. Specialized […]

Are you sure you have the right Aarogya Setu App on your phone?

  • Digvijay Mane / 6 years
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The Government of India launched a mobile application called Aarogya Setu for easy contact tracing of people during the Covid-19 pandemic. It has a record-breaking number of downloads in a very short span of time on Google Play Store. As per government stats, it has more than 10 crore registered users and the number is […]