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CVE-2019-0708 – A Critical “Wormable” Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows RDP

  • Sushmita Kalashikar / 7 years
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This is an important security advisory related to a recently patched Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Service (RDP). The vulnerability is identified as “CVE-2019-0708 – Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”. MSRC blog mentions This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction. In other words, the vulnerability is ‘wormable’, […]

Miners snatching open source tools to strengthen their malevolent power!

  • Anant Pulgam / 7 years
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From the last one year, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing a boost in the number of mining malware. One of the ways to earn cryptocurrencies is to mine them. Nowadays cryptocurrency miner malware have become hot attack vectors for cybercriminals due to its ease of deployment and instant return on investments. We usually […]

5 ways to instantly detect a phishing email and save yourself from phishing attack

  • Sushmita Kalashikar / 7 years
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Phishing is a fraudulent activity to trick you into revealing your personal and confidential information. This information usually includes bank account details, net banking details, credit/debit card numbers, login ID and passwords. Every day, countless people become unsuspecting victims of phishing attacks. With cyber criminals adopting sophisticated modes of phishing attacks, it can often be […]

PCs fail to boot up / Freeze after receiving Microsoft Windows 9-April-2019 updates and rebooting the PC

  • Sushmita Kalashikar / 7 years
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Quick Heal and Seqrite users are reporting that PCs fails to boot up / Freeze after installing 9th April Windows Updates and Rebooting the system. Symptoms:  Users have Quick Heal or Seqrite product installed and running on their systems. The PCs fail to boot up / Freeze after installing Windows Updates of 9-April-2019 and Rebootingthe system. There are also some instances reported of […]

JCry – A Ransomware written in Golang!

  • Ghanshyam More / 7 years
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For several months, QH Labs has been observing an upswing in ransomware activity. We found a new ransomware which is written in Go lang. Malware authors are finding it easy to write ransomware in Go lang rather than traditional programming languages. Infection of Jcry ransomware starts with a compromised website. As shown in the above image, […]

3059 android malware detected per day in 2018 – Are you still counting on free android antivirus for protection?

  • Sushmita Kalashikar / 7 years
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The incidents of cyber-attacks on smartphones, especially those working on the popular Android operating system, have been on a constant rise. However, a major reason people still continue to go in for android smartphones, is the fact that these are mostly cheap to buy. However, the year 2018 ended with some disturbing stats with Quick […]

Essential cyber safety tips every woman should follow

  • Sushmita Kalashikar / 7 years
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There is less doubt that women are more social, expressive and vocal as compared to men and what better means to enjoy such freedom of expression than social media. Reports suggest that over 76% of social media users are women; either looking to make connections, initiate discussions on women-specific topics or simply trying to stay […]

Quick Heal Threat Report – Cryptojacking rising but Ransomware still #1 threat for consumers

  • Sushmita Kalashikar / 7 years
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In wake of the growing incidences of targeted cyber-attacks on enterprises using Cryptojacking, due to its ease of deployment and instant return on investments; it rather comes as a surprise that malware authors are still counting on Ransomware for targeting consumers and home users. Yes, you heard it right! According to the Annual Threat Report […]

GandCrab Riding Emotet’s Bus!

  • Subhrojyoti Chowdhury / 7 years
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Emotet Known for constantly changing its payload and infection vectors like spam mail, Malicious Doc and even Malicious JS files. It compromised a very high number of websites on the internet. Emotet malware campaign has existed since 2014. It comes frequently in intervals with different techniques and variants to deliver malware on a victim’s machine. Most […]