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For several months, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing an increase in ransomware, we have found one more interesting ransomware which encrypts files and adds extension “.katyusha” and demands for an amount of 0.5 btc within three days and threatens to...
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The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-15982 in Adobe Flash Player enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSB18-42 on December 5, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe, the...
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The recent spate of cyber-attacks on banks in India has left everyone worried. For those who haven’t kept count, Pune-based Cosmos Bank recently saw a massive security breach where Rs 94 crore was siphoned off. In a similar incident,...
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Cyber-attacks through phishing emails are increasing and generally, attackers use DOC embedded macros to infiltrate victim’s machine. Recently Quick Heal Security Labs came across a Phishing e-mail sample which uses Microsoft’s equation editor exploit to spread Hawkeye keylogger. Cybercriminals...
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Anyone who browses the Internet is probably aware of the term SSL. It’s often bandied around as a term which people vaguely understand to be something connected to keeping your browsing data safe. For a lot of people, SSL...
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Data breaches are bad news. Whether it’s the CEO, the CISO or a network administrator, data breaches represent a significant threat which can have potentially catastrophic consequence. The threat of data breaches has only increased in recent years leading...
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The digital world has opened up a plethora of opportunities for workplaces across the globe. Digital transformation means, among other things, seamless connectivity, the erasure of physical barriers and enterprises that can leverage the freedom of knowledge sharing without...
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While the current focus in the cyberspace is on Ransomware and Cryptominers there are other prevalent threat actors silently making their way into victim’s machine in order to comprise it for malicious purpose. During the daily threat hunting task,Quick...
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Nowadays attackers are searching for new techniques to spread malware, recently we came across a new emerging way to deliver malware through IQY file. Till now we had seen spread of malware through various file types and chains such as...
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When it comes to cybersecurity for enterprises, one sector that finds itself at a lot of risk is the banking sector. Banks conduct financial transactions which can be worth millions in value every single day which mean they present...