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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Tezos are in full swing. And they have exponentially increased cryptocurrency mining (or cryptomining) activities. Previously, cryptomining was carried out by powerful and dedicated mining hardware or by utilizing distributed computing because the entire process requires a lot of computation. However, there has been an observable change in the mining trends. Now,...
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Disasters, whether they are natural or man-made, can strike anytime without any kind of due notice. Any business, small or big, will need to anticipate the possibility of such disasters and have a plan in place. While one tactic...
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Earlier we had blogged about how JAVA based jRAT malware were evolved in the recent times. At Quick Heal Security Labs, we are actively observing jRAT campaigns happening in the wild. These JAVA malware spread through phishing campaigns. While analyzing one such phishing campaign, we found...
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This is an important advisory for our readers about the recently discovered CPU exploits called Meltdown and Spectre. As per the recent disclosure of Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability in popular CPUs, successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities will potentially allow...
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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...
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The holiday season has arrived, and it is high time that consumers and retailers make arrangements for staying one step ahead of the prevalent holiday scams. With trouble lurking in the shadows due to multiple spikes in spending habits,...
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Cybersecurity compliance is slowly turning out to be an inseparable part of the existing IT networks with the majority of organizations concentrating on meeting the imposed regulatory standards. The last few years have witnessed a major rise in the...
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These days, businesses are reliant on third-party vendors who give them end-to-end support in every aspect. These third parties can easily access all the sensitive and confidential information of the client. In some cases, most of these third parties...
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With increased mobility of the workforce, the Internet of Things increasing presence across industries and companies adopting BYOD policies, endpoint security is becoming the most challenging task for security teams within organizations. Further the ever-growing threat landscape tends to...
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For the past few years, we have been seeing macro-based attacks through Object Linking Embedding (OLE)/Microsoft Office files. But, presently, attackers are using a different technique to spread malware through Office files – using a new attack vector called ‘Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)’. DDE is an authorized Microsoft Office feature that provides several...