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Beware: Malicious Android Malware Disguised as Government Alerts

  • Digvijay Mane / 2 years
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In our high-tech world, sneaky cyber threats can pop up anywhere. Lately, we’ve spotted sneaky malware on Android phones spreading through fake WhatsApp messages. These messages pretend to be from the government, but they’re hiding something nasty inside. Cybercriminals have cleverly utilized the notification system of the government’s traffic department to spread their malicious software. […]

Alert! Wormable Android malware is spreading through social media applications

  • Digvijay Mane / 5 years
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  • 4 min read

Autoreply is a convenient feature through which users can send a custom message as an automatic reply for unanswered incoming email, SMS, WhatsApp messages, and more. There are many applications on Google Play Store which offers such functionality. We have recently noticed malicious applications which are abusing this particular functionality. Fig 1. Content used for […]

Regulate ‘Screen-Time’ of your kids with Parental Control.

Leverage Parental Control to regulate the online activity of your kids

  • Quickheal / 5 years
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  • 3 min read

“What are my kids doing online?” It’s a question that can give parents sleepless nights. With every generation, the devices become smarter and the kids even more so. Your teenage son or daughter probably knows far more about different social media platforms and how to use them than you. But you’re scared as well. As […]

Practice vigilance when transacting through QR codes

Protect yourself from Fraudulent QR codes

  • Quickheal / 5 years
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  • 4 min read

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 […]

Beware of the ‘Free Cycle Distribution Yojana’ WhatsApp message. It’s fake!

  • Ganesh Lakariya / 7 years
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As India’s Independence Day (15th of August) approaches, messages about free distribution schemes are doing the rounds on WhatsApp. Just recently, Quick Heal Security Labs detected a widespread circulation of one such message claiming that the Indian government will distribute free cycles to students on Independence Day, under the Free Cycle Distribution Yojana (scheme) Government […]

Beware of the Cadbury 70th anniversary scam on WhatsApp!

  • Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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  • 2 min read

If you have received (or receive) the below message on WhatsApp, then do not click on the link. It’s another of those ‘anniversary’ scams. First, some facts 1. Cadbury was founded in 1824. So, this year is its 194th anniversary (and not 70th) 2. Cadbury hasn’t announced any kind of anniversary offers on its official […]