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Beware: Malicious Android Malware Disguised as Government Alerts

  • Digvijay Mane / 2 years
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In our high-tech world, sneaky cyber threats can pop up anywhere. Lately, we’ve spotted sneaky malware on Android phones spreading through fake WhatsApp messages. These messages pretend to be from the government, but they’re hiding something nasty inside. Cybercriminals have cleverly utilized the notification system of the government’s traffic department to spread their malicious software. […]

Pop-up Ad Alert! Beware of Unrealistic Claims on your Smartphones

  • Digvijay Mane / 2 years
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What are pop-up advertisements? How can these pop-up ads infect your phone? What danger can this cause to the victim? How to stay safe from such a threat? As an unsuspecting smartphone user, you could be unknowingly inviting deceptive pop-up apps, and risking your device’s privacy and financial security. In this blog, we’ll be answering […]

Battling the Death Trap of Malicious Loan Apps

  • Digvijay Mane / 2 years
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In the age of instant finance at our fingertips, loan apps have reshaped how we access funds. But beneath the convenience lies a concerning trend – malicious apps that are being linked to tragic outcomes. In this blog, we will shed light on the alarming rise of these ‘death-traps,’ unravel the mechanics of these apps, […]

Vishing Attack

Protect yourself from Vishing Attack!!

  • Digvijay Mane / 3 years
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“Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity.” Data breaches worldwide prove this accurate, as human errors, lack of awareness, ignorance, or negligence cause these breaches. Social engineering is the attack that exploits human behavior and human nature, and there are different ways to perform this attack. Attackers often manipulate and convince users with valid authority, […]

Beware: SOVA Android Banking Trojan emerges more powerful with new capabilities

  • Digvijay Mane / 3 years
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  SOVA is an Android banking Trojan with significant capabilities like credential theft, capturing keystrokes, taking screenshots, etc., that can inflict acute harm to the devices that become victims of this malware. This malware has been on sale in the underground market since last year & is suspected of having been bought by some bad […]

HiddAd

Auto-launching HiddAd on Google Play Store found in more than 6 million downloads

  • Digvijay Mane / 3 years
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HiddenAd or HiddAd are icon-hiding adware applications. The prime motive of HiddAd is to generate revenue through aggressive advertisements. As long as HiddAd remains on the device, it will generate revenue for the malware author. To make uninstalling difficult, malware authors hide the application’s icon from the application drawer. They also use different deceptive techniques […]

facebook credentials

Stay Alert of Facebook Credential Stealer Applications Stealing User’s Credentials.

  • Digvijay Mane / 4 years
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Social media credentials are always a lucrative thing for threat actors. They use various techniques to get them. Some use overlays with fake user interfaces, some use key-logging, and some use simple social engineering to trap users. Another way threat actors have been used in the recent past is JavaScript code injection in WebView to […]

Fresh Joker Malware Variant Targeting Android Users

Google Play store applications laced with Joker malware yet again

  • Digvijay Mane / 5 years
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For the last three years, Joker Trojan is making its way on Google Play Store. Quick Heal Security Labs recently spotted 8 Joker malware on Google Play Store and reported them to Google, which has now removed all the applications. Fig. 1 Screenshots of Applications from Google Play Store Joker is a spyware Trojan that […]

Alert! Wormable Android malware is spreading through social media applications

  • Digvijay Mane / 5 years
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Autoreply is a convenient feature through which users can send a custom message as an automatic reply for unanswered incoming email, SMS, WhatsApp messages, and more. There are many applications on Google Play Store which offers such functionality. We have recently noticed malicious applications which are abusing this particular functionality. Fig 1. Content used for […]

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