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New machine learning model sifts through the good to unearth the bad in evasive malware

July 25, 2019 admin AI and machine learning, Antivirus, automation, cybersecurity, detection evasion, Endpoint security, LockerGoga, machine learning, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft security intelligence, monotonic models, next generation protection, Windows Defender Antivirus

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:30:55 +0000

Most machine learning models are trained on a mix of malicious and clean features. Attackers routinely try to throw these models off balance by stuffing clean features into malware. Monotonic models are resistant against adversarial attacks because they are trained differently: they only look for malicious features. The magic is this: Attackers can’t evade a monotonic model by adding clean features. To evade a monotonic model, an attacker would have to remove malicious features.

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Webcam Hacking – How to prevent webcam from hacking into your privacy?

July 20, 2019 admin Antivirus, Cyber safety, privacy, Webcam Protection

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:48:21 +0000

Imagine a day when you open your inbox and there’s this one mail containing obscene pics of you flashing on the screen. Right below is a message asking you to pay a hefty ransom to prevent your pics from getting shared with all your accounts. The thought itself is enough…

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Webcam Protection – protect your privacy from getting hacked!

July 19, 2019 admin Antivirus, Cyber safety, privacy, Webcam Protection

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:48:21 +0000

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Ransomware As A Tool – LockerGoga

July 2, 2019 admin Antivirus, Applications, Cyber crime, Email malware, malware, microsoft windows, ransomware, Security, Threat Report

Credit to Author: Ghanshyam More| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 07:18:00 +0000

Ransomware authors keep experimenting with the development of payload in various dimensions. In the timeline of ransomware implementations, we have seen its evolution from a simple screen locker to multi-component model for file encryption, from novice approach to a sophisticated one. The Ransomware as a Tool has evolved in wild…

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The website I visited behaves weirdly. I wonder if I’m hacked?

June 17, 2019 admin Antivirus, Home Security

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:03:16 +0000

After a busy day at office or business, you settle down on the sofa at home with coffee and you want to catch your favourite show on your phone or TV. While streaming you want to make a payment for your bills that are due. You connect to your Wi-Fi…

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What makes Quick Heal’s Next Generation Suite of Features a SMART choice to protect your privacy?

May 29, 2019 admin Antivirus, Online privacy, privacy, ransomware

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 09:18:31 +0000

The cyber threat landscape is evolving every second, with thousands of new potential threats being detected every single day. With people becoming more and more conscious about their privacy and private data, such evolving threats can have a significant impact on the personal and financial life of people. In order…

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PCs fail to boot up / Freeze after receiving Microsoft Windows 9-April-2019 updates and rebooting the PC

April 16, 2019 admin Antivirus, news, Windows update

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:59:29 +0000

Quick Heal and Seqrite users are reporting that PCs fails to boot up / Freeze after installing 9th April Windows Updates and Rebooting the system. Symptoms: Users have Quick Heal or Seqrite product installed and running on their systems. The PCs fail to boot up / Freeze after installing Windows Updates of 9-April-2019 and Rebootingthe system. There are…

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This summer vacation let your kids explore the internet with safety of parental control

April 7, 2019 admin Antivirus, Cyber safety, Parental control tool

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 13:16:46 +0000

At a time when toddlers can be seen playing around with tabs and teens are living in a virtual world of communication, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that today’s parents are raising a completely new and advanced breed of kids!! Not to be left behind are the schools that…