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Worried about your mobile security? Here’s how to secure your device and enhance performance

While the world is still adapting to the new normal and mobile devices replace PCs as the primary digital device, cybercriminals have upped the ante to target individuals worldwide. Mobile security has become a significant concern! No matter how great the app is, if security is breached, it spells great trouble. Phishing, Smishing, Ransomware Attacks, […]

CoWIN App may emerge as the new front for cyberattacks

You might get hacked before getting vaccinated

COVID-19 is a stark reminder of longstanding inequities in our societies, and how policies need to pay specific attention to protect and lift the less advantaged in society. It also applies to the privacy policy, device protection and general awareness before installing any application. Such awareness is crucial because miserable people out there are still […]

Practice vigilance when transacting through QR codes

Protect yourself from Fraudulent QR codes

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 […]

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

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 […]

Bytes of Latest IT Security News and Updates for this Week

WhatsApp Site taken down by Hackers WhatsApp has again made the headlines, thanks to a hacking group called KDMS Team. Netizens who visited the Web site of the most popular instant messaging service, reported defacement of the site. The company issued a statement admitting that their Web site was hijacked and redirected to another IP […]