Malware

An emerging trend of DDE based Office malware – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

For the past few years, we have been seeing macro-based attacks through Object Linking Embedding (OLE)/Microsoft Office files. But, presently, attackers are…

IcedID – a new sophisticated banking Trojan: a technical analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

IcedID is a new player in the banking Trojan family. It has a modular architecture and capable of…

Beware! 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware have been let loose by Necurs botnet

If you weren’t careful with your incoming emails, then it’s time you should. Attackers have released 12.5 million…

Necurs Botnet

Massive campaign delivering Monero Miner via compromised websites – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

Ransomware outbreaks have been on the rise for quite some time now but suddenly we are observing a…

Mobile payments are on the rise, but are they safe?

Several non-banking institutions have entered the market offering payment services and this has only boosted the consumer’s readiness…

Mobile Payment App

Beware of the WhatsApp spam message that begins with ‘Have you seen this?’

A few days back I received a message from one of my contacts on WhatsApp. The message read,…

CVE-2017-11826 – Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability – an Alert by Quick Heal Security Labs

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11826 enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on…

How a ransomware infects your computer [INFOGRAPHIC]

Education is a constant process – it never stops. While we have spoken about ransomware at great lengths…

A fileless malware uses a unique technique – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

Spam email campaigns have increased with the use of multiple random techniques which improve the efficiency of payload…

6 deadly dangers of using unsecured Wi-Fi

They say, good things come for free, but not all of them. This post quickly takes you through…