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6 Tips to Protect Your Kids from Cyberbullying

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 05:30:22 +0000

Cyberbullying is defined as the use of the Internet and mobile technologies to bully, especially amongst children and teenagers. It not only affects the academic career of kids but also adversely impacts their physical, social, and mental well-being. This post lists 6 tips to protect your kids from cyberbullying.  …

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Quick Heal detected over 295 million malware samples in Q1 2017 – Threat Report

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:55:38 +0000

In Q1 2017, 295 million malware samples were detected on the systems of Quick Heal users. The Trojan horse malware family continues the tradition of having the highest detection of all, followed by infectors, worms, and adware. 10 new ransomware families were also detected in this quarter. A notable observation…

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Anatomy of Flash Exploit (CVE-2015-8651) integrated into Rig Exploit Kit

Credit to Author: Pavankumar Chaudhari| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:58:48 +0000

We all know how the infamous RIG Exploit Kit have been used to infect the end users. We are seeing a constant spike in the usage of the RIG Exploit Kit by malware actors to spread malware. Its use has been noticed in different campaigns such as EITest, pseudoDarkleech, and…

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Quick Heal will continue to support Windows Vista users

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:05:20 +0000

As of April 11, 2017, Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows Vista. Quick Heal, however, will continue to support this OS. Read more about this from the post below. What does it mean for Vista users? When we say that Windows Vista is out of support now, it does not mean…

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DNS Hijacking – a trend carried by Adware

Credit to Author: Threat Research Labs| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:56:19 +0000

Adware have always known to be the most annoying group of malware since the beginning. Disrupting user’s browsing experience by showing countless advertising banners and redirecting them to websites without their consent. If that isn’t troublesome enough, getting rid of them is another big challenge in several cases. Gone are…

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Cosmos Bank website compromised with RIG Exploit Kit which drops Cerber Ransomware

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:22:25 +0000

Update: The incident has been taken care of by Cosmos Bank and its website (URL) is now clean and safe to use. Compromising popular websites has become a common strategy for attackers to spread infection in a widespread fashion. Attackers exploit unpatched vulnerabilities present on web servers in order to compromise…

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Quick Heal supports the Windows 10 Creators Update

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:24:32 +0000

A couple of years ago, Microsoft launched Windows 10 and it created quite a spur among PC users all around the world. Celebrating the anniversary of this launch, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August last year. In 2017, Microsoft is ready with the Windows 10 Creators Update….

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