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The evolution of a 4-year-old-threat Emotet: From an infamous Trojan to a complex threat distributer

Aniruddha Dolas / 8 years
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7 min read

Emotet malware campaign has been existing for a long time. It comes frequently in intervals with different techniques and variants to deliver malware on a victim. Attackers are smart and they use complex techniques to avoid detection. At the start of 2017, we had seen the emotet campaign spreading through email attached PDF and JS […]

Your copy-paste habit can cost you your money

Anant Pulgam / 8 years
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5 min read

How often do you store your important data in files? It’s very common, right? This data may be URLs, topics, personal data like contacts, email-ids, usernames of different portals and sometimes passwords too (though always recommended to not to do so). We very casually copy this data and paste it in respective applications. In the […]

Cryptojacking is When Someone Illegally Uses Your PC to Make Digital Money & 8 Facts

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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5 min read

What attracts more than a magnet? You might have guessed it right – it is money! And where there is easy money, there is a lot of hustle and bustle. Till now, ransomware was seen as the ultimate cash cow for attackers – kidnap critical data and ask a ransom in exchange. But, now, there […]

CVE-2018-5002 – Adobe Flash Player Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Alert!

Sameer Patil / 8 years
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2 min read

The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-5002 in Adobe Flash Player enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSB18-19 on June 7, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe, the in-wild exploit is being used in limited, targeted attacks and it impacts limited Windows users. Vulnerable […]

6 reasons why your computer is slower than a snail

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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4 min read

Is your computer slowing down? Do you find it easier to move a mountain than multitasking on your machine? Here are 6 possible reasons that might explain the poor performance of your computer. #1. Poor RAM RAM (random access memory) is a crucial part of a computer. If your computer does not have enough of […]

Cryptocurrency mining rampage throttles Linux machines – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

Amar Patil / 8 years
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4 min read

Quick Heal Security Labs recently came across a Linux-based Monero (XMR) miner. Monero (XMR) is one of the top 15 cryptocurrencies. It can be mined easily on any machine using its CPU computation power. This is one of the reasons why it is preferred to Bitcoin or Ethereum which are more famous than Monero. Earlier, […]

Twitter bug attack: All you need to know & ways to fight such attacks

Ankita Ashesh / 8 years
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4 min read

One company with a turnover of $2.44bn 330 million users 500 million tweets per day What does it take to bring an upheaval in such a magnanimous company? A bug and . . . . well, that’s all it needs! Twitter Inc. reported a bug encounter a few weeks ago. It had to request its […]

Quick Heal supports the Windows 10 April 2018 Update

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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2 min read

As part of the Windows 10 Updates, Microsoft has now come up with a new update for Windows 10 PCs. It’s called Windows 10 April 2018 Update. This post lists down some of the highlights of this particular update and Quick Heal’s compatibility with the OS. Highlights of the Windows 10 April 2018 Update Enhancements […]

6 tips to take care of your new Android phone

Got a new Android phone this summer? Here are 6 tips to take good care of it!

Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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3 min read

Planning to get a new Android phone, or already got one recently? Then you must totally follow these 6 easy tips to take care of your new, shiny gadget! Tip #6 is the most important, by the way. Tip #1. First! Get a screen protector and a sturdy case Nothing can disappoint you like an […]

An analysis of the Dharma ransomware outbreak by Quick Heal Security Labs

Subhrojyoti Chowdhury / 8 years
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8 min read

On April 25, 2018, Quick Heal Security Labs issued an advisory on a new ransomware outbreak. We are observing a sudden spike of Dharma Ransomware. Even though Dharma ransomware is old, we observed its new variant which is encrypting files and appending the “.arrow” extension to it. Previously the encrypted files were having the “.dharma” […]

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