ALL Articles by Sanjay Katkar (79)
Beware of Trojan.Bredolab that sends fake iTunes Gift Certificate!
Yesterday I received a suspicious email with a attachment. The mail had subject line as: Thank you for…
Indian PCs are most infected by Trojans and Trojan Downloaders
The recently released Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 8 which highlights the statistics for last year shows that…
Zeus malware uses the “/launch” command feature of Adobe Reader
Last week I had written a blog (see “Disguised PDF attack possible”) about possible attack using simple technique…
Disguised PDF attack possible
A design flaw in Adobe’s popular PDF format which was published by Didier Stevens in first week of…
India completely un-prepared for cyber crime and espionage shows report
Shadows in the Cloud report (link to PDF) which was recently published by researchers in Canada shows India…
Windows 7 most praised security features got compromised at Pwn2Own
The most talked about hacking contest Pwn2Own ended with bad news for Microsoft. The hackers were finally able…
Infection campaign using Twitter profile
Recently I was going through the twitter web site for just checking on tweets on Ricky Martin news….
No efforts are seen to be made to catch the cyber criminals in India.
Being in computer security industry for years I am seeing lot of cyber criminals activities day in and…
Panic Button on Facebook – will it really help?
Recent conviction of Peter Chapman for the murder of 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall where use of Facebook was prominent…
Indian Income Tax refund phishing scam emails now mentions tax refunds in US Dollars.
Yesterday a friend of mine forwarded me a mail he thought to be a phishing email. The email…
Sanjay Katkar is the Joint Managing Director of Quick Heal Technologies Limited. He holds a Masters in Computer Science from University of Pune, India. Sanjay has spearheaded the creation, subsequent development and maintenance of the core antivirus engine of Quick Heal. Over a span of 20 years, he has redesigned the entire product portfolio and elevated the role of the organization as a trustworthy IT security brand in more than 80 countries. He is a member of the Technology Steering Committee of National Security Database, India, and is a reporting member of The Wild List Organization International, USA. In 2016, Sanjay Katkar was named the Product Management Executive of the Year at the 12th Annual Global Excellence Awards overseen by Info Security Products Guide, a leading information security research and advisory guide, in San Francisco, USA.