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Beware of the Armage Ransomware – the File Destroyer!

  • Shriram Munde / 7 years
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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 […]

Security news and updates from the last week

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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India – Where most of the world’s spam originates from A large amount of email spam originates in India. This interesting report shows that most of the world’s spam actually originates in India. Facebook has more than 50 million duplicate user accounts worldwide Facebook officials have claimed that there are currently 50 million duplicate accounts […]

Your Apple Mac does not need computer security: Myth or not?

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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There is a widespread misconception in the mainstream computing market that Apple Macs are more secure than Windows machines. In fact, some staunch Apple lovers even feel that since virus threats for Macs do not exist, no system protection software is essential. But how accurate is this belief? Our expertise in the computer security industry […]

Microsoft releases a Fix it solution to prevent Internet Explorer hijacking vulnerability

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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Microsoft has successfully released a ‘Fix it solution’ for the recently discovered targeted attack, CVE-2012-4792. This attack was specifically targeted at users of Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. Users of Internet Explorer 9 and 10 were not affected. The attack exploited a vulnerability that allowed an attacker to literally hijack a PC and […]

Season’s greetings: Beware of security threats and fake phishing pages

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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The festive season brings with it heart warming wishes and some great online deals for shoppers and discount seekers. Online retailers present some great discounts and add-ons at this time of the year and online sales see a massive surge in activity as a result. Unsurprisingly, attackers and phishers use this jubilant opportunity to trick […]

Simple security tips to avoid Twitter phishing scams

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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Twitter is a great platform for sharing news, opinions and links. Created in 2006, Twitter has more than 500 million active users today and generates more than 350 million tweets every single day. This has naturally led to several phishing attacks over the microblogging platform. The fact that links are instantly published on a large […]

Security news updates from the last week

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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This week was a rather busy one in the security industry. Here are some of the notable highlights that you should not miss out on. Authorized email monitoring increases by 36% in September 2012 According to reports, email monitoring by national security agencies has jumped by 36% in September 2012. However, this does not imply […]

Have you used these easy and effective Quick Heal Parental Control tools?

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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Parents of school going kids have several questions when it comes to cyber security. Some of these issues involve the freedom and time that should be given to kids when they access the Internet. Other questions revolve around the mode of access in the first place. Today it is very common to see pre-teens with […]

Fake Payment Confirmation’ scam emails

  • Ayush Sonavane / 13 years
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A series of new spam emails that target computer users and attempt to infect them with a variant of a ZBOT trojan have been discovered. The e-mail attempts to persuade a recipient to open an attachment and claims that the said attachment contains a payment confirmation for the recipient. However, the “TTcopy.zip” attachment contains a […]