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Quick Heal detects banking Trojans imitating popular social media and banking apps in India

Subhrojyoti Chowdhury / 8 years
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6 min read

Quick Heal Security Labs has spotted two banking Trojan malware. These malware imitate some popular social and banking apps. While doing so, they gain access to some security permissions on the infected device which allow them to steal the user’s banking credentials. The malware are able to do this by displaying a fake window that […]

6 reasons why your computer is slower than a snail

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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4 min read

Is your computer slowing down? Do you find it easier to move a mountain than multitasking on your machine? Here are 6 possible reasons that might explain the poor performance of your computer. #1. Poor RAM RAM (random access memory) is a crucial part of a computer. If your computer does not have enough of […]

[INFOGRAPHIC] 5 Myths about mobile security and facts that debunk them

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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1 min read

When it comes to desktop computers, people go for the best security software. But when the talk is about their mobile security, odds are, they are least bothered. Most think that their mobile devices are less vulnerable to cyberattacks than their computers; that however, is a myth, and probably a dangerous one. In this infographic, […]

Cryptocurrency mining rampage throttles Linux machines – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

Amar Patil / 8 years
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4 min read

Quick Heal Security Labs recently came across a Linux-based Monero (XMR) miner. Monero (XMR) is one of the top 15 cryptocurrencies. It can be mined easily on any machine using its CPU computation power. This is one of the reasons why it is preferred to Bitcoin or Ethereum which are more famous than Monero. Earlier, […]

CVE-2018-4990 – Adobe Reader Double Free (Zero Day) vulnerability alert!

Prashant Kadam / 8 years
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2 min read

The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-4990 in Adobe Reader enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSB18-09 on May 14, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe, the in-wild attack is targeted and it impacts limited Windows users. Vulnerable versions Acrobat DC 2018.011.20038 and earlier […]

Breed of MBR Infecting Ransomware – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

Preksha Saxena / 8 years
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8 min read

Ransomware is becoming one of the most perilous cyberattack methods and also the most habitual techniques for cybercriminals to earn money. It appears to have new weapons in its arsenal over time which is invariably aimed to boost its strength and enhance its business. As encrypting the files and restricting the user access is not […]

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3 reasons you can’t live without your smartphone [VIDEO]

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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1 min read

Can you think of 3 reasons why you can’t live without your smartphone? Well, we tried figuring out the answer to that in this short video of ours. We also tried thinking what would happen if something bad happens to your phone and how can you avoid it. So, do watch our little friends play […]

CVE-2018-8174: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

Prashant Kadam / 8 years
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2 min read

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Windows VBScript Engine (CVE-2018-8174), enables attackers to perform a remote code execution on targeted machines. Microsoft has released a security advisory CVE-2018-8174 on May 8, 2018, to address this issue. According to Microsoft, it impacts most of the Windows Operating Systems. Vulnerable versions Windows 7 x86 and x64 versions Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows RT […]

Twitter bug attack: All you need to know & ways to fight such attacks

Ankita Ashesh / 8 years
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4 min read

One company with a turnover of $2.44bn 330 million users 500 million tweets per day What does it take to bring an upheaval in such a magnanimous company? A bug and . . . . well, that’s all it needs! Twitter Inc. reported a bug encounter a few weeks ago. It had to request its […]

Quick Heal supports the Windows 10 April 2018 Update

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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2 min read

As part of the Windows 10 Updates, Microsoft has now come up with a new update for Windows 10 PCs. It’s called Windows 10 April 2018 Update. This post lists down some of the highlights of this particular update and Quick Heal’s compatibility with the OS. Highlights of the Windows 10 April 2018 Update Enhancements […]

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