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Credit to Author: Digvijay Mane| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 06:59:38 +0000
In our high-tech world, sneaky cyber threats can pop up anywhere. Lately, we’ve spotted sneaky malware on Android…
The post Beware: Malicious Android Malware Disguised as Government Alerts. appeared first on Quick Heal Blog.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Digvijay Mane| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:34:44 +0000
Getting text messages from random numbers is disturbing. But spam messages aren’t just annoying; they can also be…
The post Caution! Beware of the Fake WhatsApp Mother’s Day Scam. appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Ganesh Lakariya| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:24:29 +0000
As India’s Independence Day (15th of August) approaches, messages about free distribution schemes are doing the rounds on WhatsApp. Just recently, Quick Heal Security Labs detected a widespread circulation of one such message claiming that the Indian government will distribute free cycles to students on Independence Day, under the Free…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Rajiv Singha| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:49:04 +0000
WhatsApp currently has over 200 million monthly active users in India. No wonder it has become a popular tool for scammers. Just last night, I received the following message from one of my friends on WhatsApp. Fig 1 The message is in Hindi and loosely translates to this… Open this…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:10:30 +0000
Quick Heal Security Labs has recently learned about a serious vulnerability in Skype’s update installer – that’s the bad news. The worse news is, Microsoft is not going to patch the vulnerability anytime soon as this would require the updater to go through a ‘large code revision’. What is this…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:00:43 +0000
This is a quick advisory to warn our readers about a new WhatsApp scam that is afoot. In this scam, a fake message is getting circulated which informs a user that their WhatsApp subscription has expired and that they can buy a lifetime service just for 99p by clicking on…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:24:07 +0000
Just last week, more than 1 million Android users downloaded a fake WhatsApp app from the Google Play Store. The app (removed now) went by the name ‘Update WhatsApp Messenger’. As you may notice in the image below, the developer title is ‘WhatsApp Inc.’ which is the same one used…
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:00:59 +0000
A few days back I received a message from one of my contacts on WhatsApp. The message read, “OMG!! Have you seen this? link” As you may have noticed, the message does not say much but has a link bearing the name of a popular online store. I didn’t click…
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