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The entire world’s eyes are on Bitcoin right now since the cryptocurrency’s valuation touched an all-time high. The world’s oldest cryptocurrency is currently being valued at close to USD 40,000, a valuation that is almost a quadruple rise in just a...
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Since last year, cyber-criminal groups are spreading cryptomining malware at an alarming rate. Vulnerabilities are being exploited on public-facing servers to run multi-component malware delivering cryptocurrency miners. Mostly servers are being targeted as these machines have a high configuration...
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E-commerce platforms have always been a favourite target for hackers. The recent months have brought into attention a new campaign by malicious hackers to penetrate insecure servers of e-commerce platforms, steal their databases and then demand Bitcoin to return...
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There has been a significant impact on the global pharmaceutical industry due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In India, pharma exports were pegged to take a hit of $1.5 billion. Yet the very nature of the industry underlines its...
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The last few years have given rise to a new & dangerous cyberthreat known as cryptojacking which is unlike typical malware — it does not demand ransom, spy or cripple enterprise systems or cause loss of data. We introduced...
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From the last one year, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing a boost in the number of mining malware. One of the ways to earn cryptocurrencies is to mine them. Nowadays cryptocurrency miner malware have become hot attack...
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Recently we saw a new campaign through spam mail attachment- zip file. It contains JavaScript file which delivers a bundle of GandCrab Ransomware, Monero miner and Spammer. This bundle of multiple malware variants is nothing new, it is common...
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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...
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Cryptojacking is the dangerous new threat that threatens to cause more headaches to corporate and network administrators the world over. In a way, this was a threat that was coming – the widespread popularity of cryptocurrency was a marker...