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August 31, 2017 admin

Malspam Campaign using CVE-2017-0199 Targets Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, and other important Industries

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:39:49 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has come across various email campaigns that are actively exploiting the famous vulnerability CVE-2017-0199 in their bid to target prominent private industries in India. CVE-2017-0199 was a zero-day vulnerability reported in April 2017 by two different security firms. Almost all of the MS Office versions were…

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August 28, 2017 admin

5 things you can do to recover money stolen from your bank account

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:20:26 +0000

What I am about to discuss in this post are measures that I took trying to recover the money that was stolen from my mother’s bank account. Not going much into the details about the background of the incident occurred, I will come straight to the point. My mother (a…

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August 24, 2017 admin

Parents, here are 5 things you must know about the Blue Whale Challenge

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:15:47 +0000

If you are a parent and you don’t know anything about the Blue Whale Challenge, then it’s important that you do. What is the Blue Whale Challenge? The Blue Whale Challenge is supposedly an Internet game where players are assigned 50 different tasks by the game admin (also known as…

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August 20, 2017 admin

Quick Heal to end support for version 2012 (v13.00), 2011 (v12.00) and earlier

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:30:06 +0000

As viruses, malware, and online threats evolve, we have to strengthen the security perimeter of our computer and other digital devices. The latest version of Quick Heal has been built and improved significantly so that it can protect users from all types of threats, even the most destructive ones such…

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August 18, 2017 admin

What is Quick Heal Total Security Multi-Device?

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:14:35 +0000

If you are using a smartphone and a laptop, then it is most likely for at least one of your family members using a similar device or devices. Your parents, for instance, might be using a Windows desktop, your sibling a Mac and your kids an Android smartphone. In short,…

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August 10, 2017 admin

An analysis of GlobeImposter Ransomware by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 06:34:51 +0000

GlobeImposter Ransomware has been increasingly active and observed recently to be appending different suffixes to files it encrypt. A few patterns observed are using 3 random numbers such as “.492, .490, .725, .726, and .707”, random alphanumeric words such as “.p1crypt, .A1crypt, .BRT92, and .mtk118” and suffixes like “.OCEAN, .SEA,…

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August 8, 2017 admin

An analysis of the fileless malware by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:16:09 +0000

The fileless malware is a malware family that does not leave any trace of its infection in the affected file system. Also known as the ‘memory resident virus’, this type of malware hides in the registry and memory making it difficult for traditional antivirus software to identify the infection. However,…

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August 3, 2017 admin

An analysis of TrickBot Malware by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 04:30:42 +0000

TrickBot has been a busy malware in the last month because of its various polymorphic propagation methods and techniques. We have seen collective versions and the same medium of propagation – the spam emails. These emails contain attachments to download or a direct link to spread the malicious payload. Trickbot…

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