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WARZONE RAT – Beware Of The Trojan Malware Stealing Data Triggering From Various Office Documents

  • Ayush Puri / 5 years
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Warzone RAT is part of an APT campaign named “Confucius.” Confucius APT is known to target government sectors of China and a few other South Asian countries. This APT campaign was quite active around January 2021. Warzone RAT first emerged in 2018 as malware-as-a-service (MaaS) and is known for its aggressive use of “.docx” files […]

Fresh Joker Malware Variant Targeting Android Users

Google Play store applications laced with Joker malware yet again

  • Digvijay Mane / 5 years
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For the last three years, Joker Trojan is making its way on Google Play Store. Quick Heal Security Labs recently spotted 8 Joker malware on Google Play Store and reported them to Google, which has now removed all the applications. Fig. 1 Screenshots of Applications from Google Play Store Joker is a spyware Trojan that […]

Joker spyware creeps its way into Google Play Store.

Stay Alert, Joker still making its way on Google Play Store!

  • Digvijay Mane / 5 years
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We recently came across 2 malicious Joker family malware applications on Google Play Store  — the company was quick to remove these malicious applications from their store based on our report. These two applications, namely “Easy QR Scanner” and “Free Translator” have more than 10k installs each. What is Joker Malware? Joker is spyware which […]

Practice vigilance when transacting through QR codes

Protect yourself from Fraudulent QR codes

  • Quickheal / 5 years
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A software engineer wanted to sell his washing machine. He placed an advertisement on an e-commerce website and was approached by an interested buyer who offered to buy it for INR 16,000. The buyer who had called the software engineer told him that he would transfer the money online. This buyer sent an engineer a […]

Android application found on Google Play Store carrying Windows malware!

Android application found on Google Play Store carrying Windows malware!

  • Vaibhav Billade / 6 years
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Recently, Quick Heal Security Labs found an Android application present on the Google Play Store which was infected by Windows malware. The application is meant for Gionee SmartWatch configuration and visualizing the data through App. On further analyzing the App, we found few HTML files which were infected with Windows malware. These infected HTML files […]

Trinity Miner using open ADB port to target IoT devices

  • Vallabh Chole / 6 years
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In the 21st century, life is becoming smart and evolving at a fast pace. Even day to day gadgets are becoming smarter. All these IoT devices are powered by ARM-based processor and run on android and unix operating system. These IoT devices include mobiles, smart T.V., routers, IP cameras and DVR. This is one major […]

Beware of fake apps that claim to help you invest in JioCoin

  • Anand Singh / 8 years
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After news of Reliance Jio to launch its own cryptocurrency Jio emerged, a bunch of scammers seemed to have sprung into action. The Google Play Store was recently flooded with fake apps claiming to help users invest in JioCoin. And not long after this, Reliance issued an official statement rubbishing these apps saying, “Any such […]

Beware of fake apps that claim to link your mobile number to Aadhaar

  • Anand Singh / 8 years
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Are you looking for ways to avoid visiting your cellular network provider’s care center/store to get your Aadhaar linked to your mobile number? Have you recently searched for apps that can help you do this? Well, here is some important and useful information for you. It is now mandatory for all mobile users to link […]