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Auto-launching HiddAd on Google Play Store found in more than 6 million downloads

  • Digvijay Mane / 3 years
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HiddenAd or HiddAd are icon-hiding adware applications. The prime motive of HiddAd is to generate revenue through aggressive advertisements. As long as HiddAd remains on the device, it will generate revenue for the malware author. To make uninstalling difficult, malware authors hide the application’s icon from the application drawer. They also use different deceptive techniques […]

Beware of the Armage Ransomware – the File Destroyer!

  • Shriram Munde / 7 years
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  • 3 min read

In July last week, Quick Heal Security Labs detected a new ransomware called Armage. It appends ‘.Armage’ extension to files it encrypts. Armage ransomware uses the AES-256 encryption algorithm to encode files making them inoperable. It spreads via spam emails and corrupted text files. Technical analysis Once executed on the infected computer, Armage ransomware opens […]

[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, […]

5 Android Marshmallow 6.0 Security Features

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 10 years
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Even though Android is easily the most used mobile operating platform across the globe, its security vulnerabilities are notoriously easy to navigate around. While this is not due to a lack of security features on the platform, it is simply an outcome of its large number of users representing value for malicious attackers; the fact […]

Security Vulnerabilities for Android and iOS Hit An All-time High in 2015

  • Antara Biswas / 10 years
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  • 6 min read

Quick Heal hopes it has been a good year for you. But, has it been a good year for your mobile devices as well? It has been an alarming year for both Android and iOS users. If Android users were vulnerable to Stagefright attacks, iOS users had their own share of vulnerabilities with the Masque […]

How Android Malware Evolved Over Q2 2015

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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The recently released Quick Heal Quarterly Threat Report for Q2 2015 had some interesting trends and insights into the IT security industry. The report highlights in-depth statistics and analysis of all malware samples that were detected in the months of April, May and June 2015. The platforms that were studied for the purpose of this […]

The State of Android Malware in 2014

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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In the year 2014, Android usage and malware saw an exponential rise vis-à-vis preceding years. Quick Heal Labs detected close to 3 million malware samples throughout the year and several new attack vectors and techniques were propagated by malware authors throughout the globe. Some malicious apps were even spotted in the Google Play store and […]

The rise of WhatsApp Plus and should you install it?

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 12 years
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  • 4 min read

The other day we received a rather interesting notification from one of our users about a service called WhatsApp Plus. While it sounds like a premium version of the original and hugely popular WhatsApp messaging service, after digging around a bit we have found that the circumstances surrounding this app are a bit suspicious. What […]

Alert for users of Instagram, Bitly and Android and other security news

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 12 years
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  • 3 min read

There is no such thing as a slow news day, as every week is filled with stories of hacked websites, stolen passwords, new variants of Android malware and other security updates. The computer and mobile security industry never sits still, and this week we have yet more reasons for you to stay aware about the […]