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New cyber espionage malware ‘Flamer’ is the most complex ever seen

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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Our Malware Analysis team has discovered a highly complex malware (Trojan.Flamer.A) that is written using the ‘Lua’ programming language. This malware is on par, if not stronger, than previously seen similar threats, Stuxnet and Duqu. The Iranian CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) has many names for this worm – ‘Flame’, ‘Flamer’, ‘Skywiper’ or ‘Viper’. They […]

Infographic: Quick Heal’s DNAScan Technology

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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As the proliferation of the Internet and the use and abuse of Web 2.0 increases, computer users are exposed to zero-day threats and risks that propagate in real-time. Any access to the Internet without protection is no doubt clogged with spyware, adware and dangerous bots. It doesn’t stop at this, the situation gets trickier even […]

Outbreak of fake USPS emails

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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Attackers are extensively targeting Internet users by spreading fake USPS (United States Postal Service) emails. This time there are some slight changes in the content of the email but it is nothing that we have not seen before. The subject line reads: “You need to get a parcel”. The email misguides the user by pretending to […]

Malware Attack through Fake YouTube Video

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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Internet users are being warned about the latest disguise being used by malware authors in their attempt to infect people’s PCs. The fraud email shown below pretends to be from YouTube and carries the subject line – “Your video on the TOP of YouTube”. Quick Heal proactively blocks this email threat. When the user clicks […]

DNSChanger server shutdown date extended to 9th July

  • Sanjay Katkar / 14 years
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The possible Internet outage on 8th March is avoided as the federal judge has agreed to allow 120 days of extension for organisations and individuals to clean systems of the DNSChanger Trojan. This decision was taken late yesterday. As the earlier 4 month deadline of 8th March arrived, it was observed that DNSChanger malware is […]

No Internet starting March 8? Not really!

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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There are news stories going around that there will be a complete blockage of the Internet from 8th march. Well this is not the complete and true story. Only the users who are affected with the ‘DNS Changer’ trojan will be facing the Internet blockage and not all the users. In order to clear the […]

Android Malware targeting users with fake Android Market website

  • Ayush Sonavane / 14 years
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Android malware is targeting users with a fake Android Market website URL that is nothing like the real Android Market website (https://market.android.com). When users click on the in-app ad they are taken to something that looks like the official Google Android Market page that may appear to loom like the page that appears when an […]

Beware of ‘Steve Jobs Alive’ spam

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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News about the death of Steve Jobs has been exploited by cyber-criminals by sending spam emails associated with this incident. The spam mail may have one of the following subjects: – “Steve Jobs: Not Dead Yet” – “Is Steve Jobs Really Dead?” – “Steve Jobs Alive!” – “Steve Jobs Not Dead” If you have received […]