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Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:44:52 +0000

Ever came across an online survey that promised you a handsome prize? I did. And here’s what happened. While I was going about my daily work on the Internet, I came across the below page. As you can see, I received a congratulatory message for being a loyal Google…

QuickHeal Security

January 15, 2018 admin

Quick Heal thwarts attempts of a JAVA jRAT phishing campaign targeting an international embassy in India

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 05:09:15 +0000

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 that an International embassy in India was being targeted by phishers. The malware used in the phishing campaign was the infamous JAVA malware called jRAT. …

MalwareBytes Security

January 15, 2018 admin

A week in security (January 1 – January 7)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 15:48:57 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from January 1 to January 7, including Meltdown and Spectre updates, miners, wire fraud refunds, and fake apps on Google Play.

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Tags: cryptomining malware olympics phishing wire fraud

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January 14, 2018 admin

Virus Infectors: a perpetual attack vector – A report by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Amar Patil| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:51:57 +0000

2017 was the year of ransomware and cryptocurrency miners but we are still seeing infectors posing as a prominent attack vector. However, old infectors still remain a significant threat to users. In 2017, we observed a few old infector families making new versions of their old code, though no new…

MalwareBytes Security

January 12, 2018 admin

Fake Spectre and Meltdown patch pushes Smoke Loader malware

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:50:29 +0000

German users are being targeted with a rogue patch for the recently announced Meltdown and Spectre flaws.

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Tags: german malware Meltdown phishing smoke loader Smoke Loader Malware smokeloader Spectre

MalwareBytes Security

January 12, 2018 admin

Alleged creator of Fruitfly indicted for 13 years of spying

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:43:44 +0000

A 28-year-old Ohio programmer is charged with creating the Fruitfly malware to spy on thousands of unsuspecting victims and produce child pornography.

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Tags: child pornography fruitfly fruitfly creator indicted malware

QuickHeal Security

January 12, 2018 admin

Virus Infectors : A Perpetual Attack Vector – A report by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Amar Patil| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:51:57 +0000

2017 was the year of ransomware and cryptocurrency miners but we are still seeing infectors posing a prominent attack vector. Although old, infectors still remain a significant threat to users. In 2017, we observed a few old infector families making new versions of their old code, though no new prominent…

QuickHeal Security

January 10, 2018 admin

Here’s how you can stay safe from the Android Banking Trojan that targets banking apps

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:37:12 +0000

If our readers can recollect, Quick Heal Security Labs had released an important advisory about an Android banking Trojan that is known to target about 232 banking apps. As a continuation of the post, here we will help you understand how you can protect yourself from this malware by following…