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Troldesh Ransomware brute-forcing its way into systems

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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4 min read

Ransomware creators deploy more than just one way to trap their victims. These include malicious email attachments, infected links, malvertising, and exploit kits. However, over the past few weeks, we have been observing criminals using a new carrier to deliver the ransomware malware. It mainly affects Windows Server Operating Systems. The Troldesh ransomware (also known […]

7 Important Ransomware FAQs that you must know

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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5 min read

There can be no two way to the fact that Ransomware has easily become one of the biggest banes of digital security for individual users and enterprises alike. Ransomware is a malware that locks an infected computer or encrypts its files (converts the files into an unreadable form). It then demands a ransom from the […]

Phishing emails just got more dangerous! 93% of them contain ransomware

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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3 min read

If you thought phishing emails are less dangerous, then you would be terribly wrong. According to a recent report, almost 93% of phishing emails now carry the ransomware malware. First, what is phishing? Phishing is an age-old trick used by scammers and hackers to trick people into revealing their personal and financial information. This infographic […]

Malware Alert! Beware of Fake Emails with the subject line ‘Amazon Order Dispatched…’

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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2 min read

After you are done shopping on any e-commerce website, receiving a confirmation email about your purchase is an expected thing. But, if you are receiving any such confirmation emails whose sender seems to be a popular online shopping portal and are mostly blank but contain attachment(s), then be cautious. Many users have reported about receiving […]

Security Alert! Locky Ransomware on the loose

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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4 min read

‘Locky’ is the latest addition to the ransomware family. It has an interesting name and carries the same nastiness. Read more from the post below. What is the Locky Ransomware? Locky is a new file-encrypting ransomware malware. It does two things: Encrypts the files it finds in the PC it infects. Changes the extension of […]

INFOGRAPHIC: How Quick Heal helps you fight the Ransomware Menace

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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1 min read

Since its invention, ransomware has been one of the biggest banes in the computer security world. It may have started as any other malware, but the way it has evolved only shows that malware authors do not take respite from their work. As technology grew and advancements came into economics, Internet culture and digital security, […]

How to Prevent Ransomware From Locking Your PC

Adithya Omanakuttan / 10 years
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4 min read

The Quick Heal Threat Research Lab has been detecting increased numbers of ransomware infections over the last few weeks. We have recently reported on the notorious Dridex ransomware. These incidents depict a clear trend that malware authors are steadily shifting to serious money making ransomware variants. The rise in these ransomware variant detections can be […]

New version of CryptoWall uses WMI

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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3 min read

At Quick Heal Labs, we have received certain malicious document files which use spam emails to spread the CryptoWall Ransomware. Read on for more. What is a Ransomware? A ransomware is a malicious program that either locks the infected system or encrypts its data. Once it has done that, it asks for a ransom to […]

Decryption Tool for TeslaCrypt Ransomware Infection

Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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3 min read

If our readers can recall, in an earliest post we had discussed TeslaCrypt – what it is and what it does. This post has some important information related to recent findings from our Labs. Read on to know more. First, a brief flashback! TeslaCrypt belongs to the family of ransomware; it was detected in February […]

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