Quick Bytes: Top 5 Cyber News of the Week

Checked your Security and Privacy Score Lately? Discover the latest news from the digital world around you with a Quick line up of the top 5! Trading Fraud Alert! Exploiting the allure of stock market investments, cyber fraudsters recently targeted unsuspecting victims through a trading scam. In November 2023, the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested […]

MedusaLocker Ransomware: An In-Depth Technical Analysis and Prevention Strategies

Our recent research has highlighted the presence of the MedusaLocker ransomware, which first surfaced in mid-2019. Its primary targets are the Hospital and Healthcare industries. MedusaLocker employs AES and RSA encryption techniques to encrypt victims’ data. Technical Analysis At the start, it performs a check for the presence of a Mutex. If the Mutex does […]

Quick Heal v24, and What’s New About It?

As the buzz intensifies and conversations about the ‘new and improved’ antivirus solution continues across the digital landscape, one question looms large: What’s the deal with Quick Heal v24, and why is everyone talking about it? In this blog, we will look into the details of what Quick Heal v24 has to offer to the […]

The Human Factor: Why User Education is Critical in Preventing Cybersecurity Threats

The digital landscape is a vast minefield of evolving threats, and dangers lurk behind every unsuspecting click. Our interconnected society is rife with cybercrimes that continue to baffle us with their unprecedented levels of sophistication and pervasiveness. While technology and security measures strive to keep us safe, there is one crucial element that often goes […]

Antivirus Security and the Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

With groundbreaking innovations and intelligent machines revolutionizing industries, the advent of AI is sparking endless possibilities  If you’re curious about the extent to which this cutting-edge technology could shape our lives, and want to understand its role in the larger-scheme-of-things, you are about to find out.  Brace yourself as we take a closer look into […]

THE PERILS OF RANSOMWARE : How to Save yourself from the next attack

In recent years, ransomware attacks have increased in frequency and sophistication, resulting in substantial impact across numerous industries and sectors worldwide. A typical ransomware attack encrypts computer systems, and blocks access to the user’s or company’s own data, and a ransom is demanded as payment in exchange of its release. In this blog, we will […]

Proactive Measures to Safeguard against the Ransomware Menace

  Ransomware is a sophisticated malware that infects computing devices and holds the data hostage intending to extort money from its victims. Ransomware uses encryption techniques that render the victim’s data unusable. Ransomware attacks have evolved with time, and the encryption techniques to harm victims have also become sophisticated, which are often challenging to break. […]

Quick Heal version23

Quick Heal Launches an all new version 23 – Smart, Secure and Sustainable

Cybercrimes have been on the rise post-pandemic and are becoming even more sophisticated. Digitization and work from home model have further widened the security perimeter, making cloud, network, and devices vulnerable.  Thus, allowing cybercriminals to surpass the basic and traditional security measures available for free. We are witnessing a tremendous rise in internet and smartphone […]

QBOT – A HTML Smuggling technique to target victims

QBot, also known as Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot, is a Banking Trojan that was first observed in 2007. Today, Qbot is still a vicious and persistent threat to organizations and has become one of the leading Banking Trojans globally. Over the years, it has changed its initial techniques to deliver payloads like using VBA macros, […]

Are Malware operators using NSIS Installers to bombard Stealers and avoid detection?

  Threat actors have been using new techniques to hide their codes and avoid detection in every manner. They now use a new trend through NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System), which is an open-source installer that can bundle various files together. In the past, Malware attackers have used this NSIS-based crypter to hide themselves. This […]