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Enterprises, big and small, all over the world, are waking up to the importance of garnering cyber trust. In a digital age where technology only breaches new frontiers, cyber trust has become a key differentiator. Security breaches are not...Information Technology, Network Security & Cybersecurity Updates
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In November 2017, Forever 21, a Los Angeles based clothing retailer, announced that a potential data breach might have affected some of its customers. On investigating, they found that the “encryption and tokenization solution” implemented in 2015 might not...
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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 hardware or by utilizing distributed computing because the entire process requires a lot of computation. However, there has been an observable change in the mining trends. Now,...
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The term endpoint security refers to protecting endpoints such as desktops and laptops connected to the enterprise network. Endpoint security happens to be the front line in the battle against cyber-attacks because every device that connects to a corporate network...
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Cryptocurrency has become a famous and valuable digital asset. One of the ways to earn cryptocurrencies is to mine them. New coins are generated and brought into the market through the process of mining. Mining of cryptocurrency is a...
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Disasters, whether they are natural or man-made, can strike anytime without any kind of due notice. Any business, small or big, will need to anticipate the possibility of such disasters and have a plan in place. While one tactic...
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Today’s cyber threat landscape spreads across endpoints, servers, web, networks and emails. Not just that, with the excessive adoption of cloud technologies, the threat multiplies to on-premise and cloud too. Thus, making it a mammoth task for security administrators...
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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...
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Dangers can often lie within. This is an information age where data is gold and in this day and age, no matter what business you are in, your Information Technology department is often your greatest asset. 2017, the year...
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2017 was the year of ransomware and cryptocurrency miners but we are still seeing infectors posing a prominent attack vector. However, old infectors still remain a significant threat to users. In 2017, we observed a few old infector families...