While the whole world fights against the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are busy exploiting the situation and attacking vulnerable users & businesses. In the last few weeks, there has been a rise in coronavirus-themed malspams, which are being used to deliver a variety of malware. At Quick Heal Security Labs, we have observed Agent Tesla being […]
From late 2019, MAZE Ransomware started becoming infamous for its Encryption, data stealing and the subsequent selling of the stolen data. Few other reasons behind its popularity are also its unique targets and the ransom demands. From its inception around May 2019, MAZE actors are targeting multiple sectors, prominent ones being healthcare and research, that […]
Recently the Union home ministry has issued a warning raising a red flag for users of Zoom video-conferencing application and marked it as unsafe to use. Earlier, during the end of March, CERT-IN, India’s nodal cybersecurity agency had warned users about the vulnerabilities in the Zoom app. In the current situation of lockdown due to […]
Due to the CoronaVirus pandemic and in this lockdown period, people have free time to spend on mobile phones and laptops. Riding on this wave, fake message creators create fake messages with attractive offers or services on social media. We can see that a large number of fake WhatsApp messages are also being forwarded by […]
Since the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, many malware have been seen trying to lure people to open malicious emails, malicious domains and run other malware, etc. Some of these malicious domains are fully functional and provide real-time mapping of COVID-19 stats across the globe. However, they deliver malware on the system of victims […]
Nowadays, everybody is aware of the term, ‘Novel Coronavirus.’ All over the world, 7.7 Billion people have gotten affected by Coronavirus directly or indirectly. It has impacted so badly that currently, entire mankind is frightened and worried about the future of their survival. As per sources, it originated in China and spread across the entire […]
There are approximately 451 million monthly active Internet users in India. This estimate from a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is a staggering number. It puts India only second in terms of Internet users after China. Yet, if you see this number from a different angle, you’ll realize that this […]
As the Coronavirus spreads across countries creating fear across the globe, everybody wants to stay on top of any information related to it wanting to remain safe and away from infected people. Malware authors are also taking advantage of this situation. Previously on the Android Playstore, there were many applications present which claimed that they could provide Coronavirus […]
The sheer convenience of shopping and banking with mobile phones has made it an exceedingly popular device for digital transactions. According to a KPMG report, digital payments are estimated to see a CAGR of 12.7 percent in the number of non-cash transactions by 2021. The growth is being driven by India which will see a […]
Since last two days, the Internet is rife with news around a critical remote code execution vulnerability in SMBv3.1.1 compression mechanism. Today, on 12th March 2020 Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band patch to address this vulnerability. As per Microsoft release information, it’s a remote code execution vulnerability in the way that the Microsoft Server […]
