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Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:02:09 +0000

What exactly is a vulnerability? A security vulnerability (also known as a security hole) is a security flaw detected in a product that may leave it open to hackers and malware. Using such vulnerabilities, attackers can exploit the affected system/product for their profit in various ways. What is an exploit? Exploits…

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

August 31, 2017 admin Cyber safety, enterprise, malware, microsoft windows

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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‘Petya’ Ransomware Outbreak Goes Global

June 27, 2017 admin bitcoin, DLA Piper, Eternal Blue, Group-IB, ICSI, ISACA, Legal Week, Maersk, microsoft windows, MS17-010, Nicholas Weaver, Other, Petya, ransomware, Shadow Brokers, Symantec, UC Berkeley

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:18:43 +0000

A new strain of ransomware dubbed “Petya” is worming its way around the world with alarming speed. The malware appears to be spreading using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that the software giant patched in March 2017 — the same bug that was exploited by the recent and prolific WannaCry ransomware strain.

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WannaCry: how the attack happened

May 19, 2017 admin Corporate, microsoft windows, ransomware, Shadow Brokers, SMB, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 15:52:45 +0000

Delving deeper into WannaCry, Sophos CTO Joe Levy dissects the outbreak and gives his technical tips on what to do now.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=34403&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qE9g5L3SHPg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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See WannaCry ransomware in action

May 17, 2017 admin Adylkuzz, Corporate, microsoft windows, NSA, ransomware, SophosLabs, WannaCry, worms

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 18:03:23 +0000

We break down the process of the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, including how it spread and demo how Sophos Intercept X protects against it.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=34342&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jqJ-6ruYsmU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Quick Heal will continue to support Windows Vista users

April 24, 2017 admin malware, microsoft windows, news, privacy, Security, Security patch, Vista support ends, Windows Vista

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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