Warzone RAT is part of an APT campaign named “Confucius.” Confucius APT is known to target government sectors of China and a few other South Asian countries. This APT campaign was quite active around January 2021. Warzone RAT first emerged in 2018 as malware-as-a-service (MaaS) and is known for its aggressive use of “.docx” files […]
Have you received an email notification that your domain is about to expire? Most website owners have. But do you pay close attention to who it is from and the renewal fee? If not, you may be throwing money away to a scammer. Quick Heal Security Labs has recently come across a phishing scam related […]
The issue of a data breach continues to plague the world of cybersecurity. What seems to be the most extensive password collection of all time has been leaked on the dark web. The source? An anonymous forum poster uploaded a 100GB TXT compilation file of stolen and leaked passwords, containing 8.4 billion entries. Here’s everything you […]
The second wave of the pandemic has hit India hard from a cybersecurity perspective. There has been a rise in recent cyber-attacks in India in 2021, with cybercriminals taking advantage of the situation and finding new ways to breach data. If we analyze the news of cyber-attacks in 2021, we will observe increased COVID-19 cyber […]
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 […]
Cobalt Strike is a widespread threat emulation tool. It is one of the most powerful network attack tools available for penetration testers in the last few years used for various attack capabilities and as a command and control framework. Recently, Cobalt Strike has been used in various ransomware campaigns like Povlsomware Ransomware, DarkSide Ransomware. Povlsomware […]
LinkedIn is a popular social networking platform that is focused on professional networking and the business community. On this platform, users are focused almost entirely on making connections and finding jobs. But things are not always as they seem. Of late, LinkedIn is emerging as one of the most popular social networking sites used by […]
What is SHA-1 and SHA-2, and deprecation of SHA-1? SHA-1 & SHA-2 are algorithms a certificate uses to sign binaries, and Quick Heal also signs its binaries in the products. Quick Heal has been using dual (SHA-1 & SHA-2) code-signing for its products. According to an announcement, Microsoft will no longer allow certificate providers […]
Microsoft has finally released its new update for Windows 10 PCs, called Windows 10 May 2021 Update (version 21H1). The below article highlights the new features included in the latest update and how Quick Heal is compatible with this OS. Features of Windows 10 May 2021 Update When both external and internal Windows Hello cameras […]
No one had expected a new chapter to the current life devouring pandemic. People crawled from one situation to another, and so did the malware trend. Several apps were developed in different countries and states for easy management and tracking of COVID-19 cases. At Quick Heal Security Labs, we have been tracking such applications to […]
