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Scam Alert Beware of Fake LinkedIn Job Offers

LinkedIn Phishing Scam: Hackers target users with fake job offers

  • Prashant Tilekar / 5 years
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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 […]

Beware of Fake Oximeter Apps: They Can Steal Your Banking Credentials

  • Ankit Vishwakarma / 5 years
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  • 5 min read

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 […]

Ficker Stealer Malware tricks people into getting passwords

Ficker – An Info-Stealer Malware that tricks people to get their passwords

  • Preksha Saxena / 5 years
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Credential stealer malware is the most prevalent types of malware used in cyber-attacks. We have seen a lot of new stealer malware in the wild. The main objective of all credential stealer malware is to collect all confidential and sensitive information like user credentials and financial information. Ficker Stealer is a family of information-stealing malware […]

Beware! Hackers target users with fake COVID-19 vaccine registration app

  • Vaibhav Billade / 5 years
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  • 6 min read

Have you received an SMS with a link that says, “Register for vaccine using COVID-19 app”? Well, beware! It’s fake – and probably riddled with malware. The government of India started with the COVID-19 vaccination drive for everyone above 18, but consumers are facing problems in booking a slot due to a shortage in vaccines. […]

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 […]

Fake app REVIEWS AND RATINGS

Malicious malware impacting reviews and ratings of application

  • Akshay Singla / 5 years
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  • 7 min read

COVID-19 pandemic has confined a big part of the population indoors, doing their work and daily chores online. This has had a direct impact on mobile app usage trends, especially among on-demand mobile apps. Mobile applications have become a necessity for varied purposes, including video conferencing, communicating, attending online classes, streaming services, playing games, ordering […]