Ransomware is called so, because it holds the victim’s computer hostage in return for money (ransom) from the user. This post tells you about ransomware, and how Quick Heal helps you deal with it. What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a sophisticated malware. It hijacks the victim’s system and renders it nonfunctional. The malware prevents the […]
Number of Government Websites Hacked so Far – 78 According to Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communications & IT, 78 government websites have been compromised by hackers till June 2013. 16,000 odd cases related to spam, malware infection, and data breach have also come to light. Victims mainly included sites run by government, defense […]
Data breach remains one of the most critical threats for any business; large, small, and medium. This post takes you through a quick questionnaire which will help you understand how vulnerable your company is to data breach. What is Data Breach? When confidential data of an organization or an individual is lost or illegally obtained […]
Another popular malware whose mode of transport is removable drives, is known as worm.gamarue. This malware is also designed to communicate with a remote server to report its infection and download arbitrary files. These downloaded files are detected as Worm.Gamarue.B by Quick Heal. Primary Analysis: When USB drive shortcut is opened, .dll file which is […]
Good News for Facebookers! Facebook has this feature called “Secure Browsing”. Turning it ON directs the browser to communicate with Facebook using a secure connection. This feature makes it difficult for hackers and malware authors to steal information using unsecured Wi-Fi networks. The good news is, Facebook kept this feature as optional two years ago, […]
What’s common between most small and medium enterprises? It is a false sense of IT security that they have. Most of these industries assume that they are too small to risk any cyber attack, and it is this very notion that cyber crooks take advantage of. This post explains why IT security of SMEs is […]
Have you recently received any news which goes, “Obama speech to urge ‘refocus’ on economy” via any unsolicited email, which seems to have been sent by CNN? If yes, then let’s hope you have not clicked any of the links embedded in the email. This feat is yet another of the ingenious attempts of cyber […]
It looks like malware writers are leaving no stone unturned to target the Android platform. They are exploring every opportunity to do so; one such opportunity recently popped up in the form of two malwares viz. Android.Obad and Android.Fakedefender. Know what these malware are and how they work, from the rest of the post. Android.Obad […]
Internet scams are spreading rampantly across the world. And guess what the most popular carrier of such scams is? No prize for guessing – our beloved internet darling, email. This post gives you a quick read on some of the most common online scams that are spread via emails. 1. The Lost Traveler Scam Name […]
Truecaller Gets a Bad Cyberattack Call Apparently, the website of popular online phonebook app, Truecaller, experienced a cyberattack, letting hackers gain unauthorized access to some data. The company has confirmed the same in its official blog. It seems, the Syrian Electronic Army is responsible for the cyberattack. News is up that the hackers were able […]
