Prashant Kadam

Prashant Kadam

Prashant Kadam is part of the HIPS (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) team in Quick Heal Security Labs. He has worked on various security vulnerabilities reported by Microsoft and Adobe, and network-based vulnerabilities. He has a keen interest in writing blog posts on trends observed during his research.

ALL Articles by Prashant Kadam (3)

CVE-2018-4990 – Adobe Reader Double Free (Zero Day) vulnerability alert!

The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-4990 in Adobe Reader enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted…

CVE-2018-8174: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Windows VBScript Engine (CVE-2018-8174), enables attackers to perform a remote code execution on targeted machines….

In-browser Cryptojacking at full throttle – A report by Quick Heal Security Labs

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…