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Guide to remove Bikereddint.info ads Bikereddint.info is the rogue website to trick the users. Bikereddint.info ads redirect the victim to untrustworthy and malicious pages. They infiltrate the system without your knowledge and gain access over your browsing activities. Additionally, it displays a fake error message and asks you to click on ‘Allow’. As soon as you click the Allow button, you are trapped. Read Full Article

Another cryptocurrency theft is in the books! The crypto arena, since its inception has been thronged with heist. The virtual assets seem to beguile some of the most malicious players in the industry. The rising popularity of cryptocurrencies has attracted both thieves & investors in equal measures. It has led to significant increase in both crimes & disputes related to digital assets. As  Crypt-o-currency Mining Apps have been banned by Google from the official Play Store , threat actors are adopting shady tactics to swindle victim’s crypto currency wallets. Recent research reveals that a malicious app designed to steal cryptocurrency has been discovered on Google play, the official Android App Store. Classified as  clipper,  the malware is configured to intercept victim’s device’s clipboard & replace their wallet address stealthily with the one belonging to the attacker. Earlier, similar cryptocurrency stealers leveraging clipboard hijacking techni...

When it comes to malware,  viruses  are the ancestors on the block.  While most people can rattle off names like ‘Trojan’, ‘viruses’, and ‘spyware’ etc, they’re often not too familiar with their causes and remedies. Computers & mobile devices though not biotic like you & me, can get sick from virus proliferation. A computer virus, much like a flu virus, is designed to replicate itself & wreck havoc. A flu virus cannot reproduce without a host cell. In the same way a computer viruses cannot reproduce & spread without programming script embedded in a file or a document. Instead of sniffles and a fever, some common symptoms of a computer viral infection are slow performance, data loss and system crashes. All of these can make people using the machine feel ill as well. What is ILOVEYOU virus? While  ILOVEYOU  sounds like a cheerful bon mot often found printed on the inside of a Valentine’s Day card, it is far more baleful than that. ILOVEYOU is...

With the evolving technology, people in this ultra connected world process billions of corporate & personal data points through mobile devices every second. While organizations leverage these handy devices to boost their productivity & offer optimal experience to their users, threat actors  exploit mobile devices  to launch attack for their own illicit gain. Smart phones have inherit capabilities that when legally exploited enable attackers to locate users, steal credentials & other important information, access files, messages & eavesdrop on their communications etc. Smart phones are hence target of choice among cyber maniacs. Recent research reveals that the renowned digital distribution service, Google Play store was recently targeted by adware developers to extort users. The now-removed 85 apps in question disguised as streaming TV, games, remote control simulator apps in Google Play store had collectively been installed by 9 million users from around t...

Chrome Web Store is facing an uphill battle from the last few years for hosting malevolent add-ons that claim to enhance your web browser capabilities. Tampermonkey, the widely used free browser extension known to manage user scripts & offer valuable features to improve user’s browsing experience has been declared malicious by the infamous Opera web Browser. So if you have installed  Tampermonkey 4.7.54  extension from Chrome web Store in Opera Browser & using it, you will be alerted by the warning: Opera has blacklisted one of your extensions, and we’ve blocked it for your safety. Go to the extensions manager for more details The popular user script manager extension, Tampermonkey has over 10 million users & is available for all the popular browsers including Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox & Microsoft Edge. The distinctive attributes offered by the extension include: Clear Overview over the running scripts. ZIP- based import & export A built-in e...

Ryuk ransomware is believed to be the culprit behind the impeded printing & delivery of major newspaper publications in the United States i.e.  Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing. The malware attack on Tribune Publishing’s software systems was discovered on 28 th  December 2018. The abuse on the software delayed weekend distribution of the newspaper & affected Tribune publications throughout the country. Among the publications affected include: Baltimore Sun, Capital Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Carroll County Times, Lake County News-Sun, the South Florida Sun Sentinel & Post-Tribune. The  Los Angeles Times & San Diego Union-Tribune  that were formerly part of Tribune Publishing newspapers were also slammed by the Ransomware. The print editions of the affected newspapers were published on Saturday without obituary section & paid classified ads according to the publications. The...

Zeus Panda, Panda or Panda Banker  is a spin-off of the  Zeus Banking Trojan.  First seen in 2016 as one of the many variants that cropped up in the wake of the Zeus source code, Panda has fulfilled its function as a banking Trojan since then. Looking to harvest credentials of online banking, payments & other financial portals, the majority of its code is derived from the original Zeus Trojan. The Trojan is designed to target Windows Operating system & leverages man-in the browser/ web injects attack techniques to fulfill the purpose of stealing.  Zeus Panda follows its predecessor & hence primarily targets financial sector & crypto currency sites. In addition it expands its attack in different organization sectors like social networking sites, search, Email & adult sites. The attack strategy of this malware is more or less same with some minor modifications in dynamic configurations. The full arsenal of attack techniques adopted by  Pand...

A ruinous security flaw in Application program Interface of US Postal Services  exposed personal data  of over  60 million users over the course of 2017 & 2018. This vulnerability on USPC’s website allowed anyone with an account at usps.com to view personal information & account details of other users. In some cases, this flaw even allowed users to modify the details in the affected accounts. The leaked information included  user name ,  user ID ,  e-mail address ,  account number ,  street addresses  &  contact numbers  of the users. An anonymous researcher discovered this problem a year ago & informed US Postal Services, however, USPC failed to pay heed to researcher’s warning at that time. USPS patched this issue last week when a cyber security investigator, Krebs flagged it. Insight into the API Defect The root-cause of the vulnerability is hitched to an authentication weakness in the site’s Applicati...

Google to Empower special extension cleaning features to Chrome Cleanup High level of customization, speed& synchronization across computers are predominant reasons that make Google Chrome web browser indispensable among users. With loads of add-ons and extensions available, along with independent process for each open tab, Chrome’s feature set & appearance can be easily tailored to user’s choice without sacrificing a great deal of its performance. The extensive browser flexibility offered by Google Chrome browser often lands users to hornets’ nest. Users occasionally end up with unwanted programs or settings that can range from minor annoyances to potentially dangerous malware. The malware programs once injected in the system can pose threat to user privacy and security. The die-hard need to automatically detect & remove malware programs from the system to safeguard user information led to the introduction of Chrome Cleanup tool, that periodically scans the syste...

Rise in crypto currency mining has resulted in a number of concerns. While regulations of ongoing crypto currency hacks seem to be the primary worry, a new threat known as “cryptojacking” has entered the picture. Threat actors inspired by spike in cryptocurrency prices see it as a lucrative opportunity to fill their pockets. Hence, hackers have come up with a new tactic to design malware to cannibalize unsuspecting victims’ computers to mine cryptocurrency. WebCobra: A New Silent Killer Researchers at McAfee Labs, a cyber security firm recently discovered a new lethal Russian cryptojacking malware known as WebCobra.  According to them, the threat arrives via rogue software installers that users install deliberately or accidentally. WebCobra is a nasty system infection that leverages victim’s computing power to mine cryptocurrencies  Monero  and  Zcash secretly. It infects the victim’s system by stealthily installing the  Cryptonight miner  or...

Another HookAds Malvertising Campaign has been reported to be active recently, which is redirecting the potential visitors to the Fallout Exploit Kit. Following the activation, the kit will strive to capitalize on the known susceptibilities in Windows to download & install malicious malware in the infected system. The malign malware include DanaBot banking  Trojan , GlobeImposter  Ransomware  and the Nocturnal information & data stealer. Insight in HookAds Malvertising Campaign The HookAds Malvertising Campaign acquires contemptible ad space on cheap quality ad networks that are commonly used by online games sites, adult web sites or blackhat SEO Sites. These pernicious ads include JavaScript that redirects the innocent visitors through a string of tempting sites. One such enticing site was discovered last week by Exploit Kit Expert nao_sec. The sites resemble the pages filled with online games, local advertisements or other low quality pages. Unawar...

IT Security researchers have unmasked a new malware, GhostDNS, which has hacked over 100,000 residence routers & changed their DNS settings. This widespread DNS Trojan campaign aims at hacking the web-pages & stealing login credentials of the users. The newly discovered GhostDNS malware seems to be related to its scandalous predecessor, DNS Changer Malware that could turn the inconspicuous network router into a vital tool for hackers. The malware would tamper the router & its DNS settings. Following this successful vandalizing, malware would redirect the users to the malicious versions of the legitimate banking websites or other legit pages. This paves a way for the bad guys to steal user’s account credentials, PIN numbers & passwords! According to the report by CyberSecurity firm, Qihoo Netlab 360, GhostDNS is starting to grade up its efforts to gather sensitive information with a whole new bunch of scanners. In this event, the attackers try to curb the p...

Over the past few months, banking  Trojans  have disseminated their global impact by almost 50 %.  The appropriate security measures adopted by banks to strengthen their processes have proven futile with the never-before seen tactics evolved by the developers to facilitate the theft of online funds. Banking Trojans  continue to be a popular tool among cyber maniacs for stealing user’s banking details and draining bank accounts. The discovery of  Danabot, another Banking Trojan  in a row is an evidence to establish the fact. With the widely- reported initial campaigns in Australia, this banking Trojan later expanded its reach to European countries particularly Austria, Poland, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, its latest target being United States.   What is DanaBot? DanaBot is a modular Banking Trojan , first discovered in  malicious email campaigns  targeting Australian population in May 2018. This malware is programmed in  Delphi , an Int...

Banking Trojans are not new to the cyber-crime world. It is a malicious computer program designed to gain access to confidential banking information. This type of malicious system program is built with a backdoor to allow third parties to gain access to the system. As the security technologies especially in banking domain continue to improve, malware codes are being constantly evolved to evade detection. The financial cyber-crime landscape is hence, constantly changing and evolving to keep pace with the rising awareness and the increasing effectiveness of banking controls. With the increasing popularity of mobile among people for carrying out any transaction, cyber-criminals have embraced mobile as their platform of choice to carry out fraudulent activities. Since 2015 there has been a tremendous increase in the design and launch of fake mobile apps to deceive users. The nature of fake application depends on the goals of cyber-criminals who use different strategies to build and...

Ever wondered that the Guardian of your system software that is meant to protect your system against malware attacks can step into the breach? A recent security research demonstrated a popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor that was supposed to protect Apple MAC users against privacy and security threat, ironically, siphoned off browsing history and information about system processes and applications. It turns out that Apple; the most convincing consumer electronics and computer software brand in terms of security is under interrogation for not acting quickly in removing the dubious app. What is Adware Doctor? Adware Doctor was one of the top paid apps (sold for $14.99) in the Mac app Store with 4.8 star rating and over 7,000 reviews. The app claimed to: 1. Remove suspicious and unwanted extensions 2. Clear Browser cookies and caches to restore your browser 3. Remove Adware, malware and other nasty system infections from Apple PCs. 4. Kill annoying pop-ups and 5. R...

Google Play store is a digital distribution service platform that is the official app store for Android Operating Systems. Developed and launched by Google on March 11th 2015, Google Play store provides an amazing and safe download platform enabling users to browse and download applications. The services offered by Google play store have turned the cumbersome task of downloading apps in Android devices a child’s play. The availability of in-numerous useful categories of apps of user interest like music, magazines, e-books, television programs, games and movies on Google Play store has helped  extricating user’s downloading experience. Moreover, the stringent developer policies of this online application retailer has empowered and maintained user confidence since its introduction. Let us take a look at few of Google play’s policies and guidelines. The policy prohibits the display of apps that: 1. Contain offensive or harmful contents or materials 2. Behave in unexpected ...

HTML5 is the latest version of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) that offers new attributes, elements and behaviors allowing the design of websites and applications with a  powerful and diverse mechanism. HTML5 new API allows us to play the video\audio within the browser without installing cumbersome browser plug-in (like flash). Google Chrome, a widely used browser platform recently plucked a bug that had enabled the abuse of video and audio HTML tags by cyber miscreants to embezzle important user information. Google tagged this vulnerability as CVE-2018-6177 and t has successfully fixed with the release of Chrome version 68.0.3440.75. Users who continue to use the older versions may fall in the trap of threat actors who may exploit this bug to lure users to the malicious websites. Read Full Article Click Here

Banks remain a favorite target of cyber criminal activities. Use of internet, virtualization and digitization has eased our business and dealing with money. On the other hand it has also escalated cyber crime activities. In order to ameliorate the performance of financial transactions such as cash withdrawals, deposits, fetching account information, transfer funds etc the idea of cash machine was proposed in 1967. Since then these cash machines known as ATMs (Automated teller Machines) are widely used and besides offering convenience to the customers, they have also proven beneficial in reducing the workload of bank’s staff. With the growing cyber crime activities, undertaking precautions and regularly updating cyber preparedness and defence mechanism is important. However a large number of institutions stir up only post an incident that causes financial misappropriation or loss of reputation. Recently Cosmos Bank, India’s second largest cooperative bank suffered a breach on i...

Jigsaw, originally titled as “BitcoinBlackmailer” is a form of encryption ransomware was created in 2016. The ransomware was named Jigsaw based on the fact that the ransom note featured an image of of Billy the Puppet from the Saw film franchise. The malware is known to encrypt important user files which it deletes if the user fails to pay ransom to decrypt the files. Unlike its other variants like Jigsaw ransomware, .tedcrypt files virus displays the image of a teddy bear on the screen of the victims instead of the killer from the movie “Saw” and displays a ransom note written in Turkish. The ransom note declares that victims still have the chance to retrieve the files and threatens them to delete the files permanently if the ransom is not paid within 24 hours. The amount of ransom demanded by the cyber miscreants to receive the decryption key is not known yet. The Ransom note also states that trying alternative methods to retrieve the files like Deleting the Software, Shutting d...

Kronos banking  Trojan  was first discovered in 2014. The malware capable of stealing banking credentials had its heydays back then. However, in 2016, suddenly the once daunting banking Trojan laid dormant and dropped off researchers’ hit list. Recent research reveals that the malware is back again with its revamped version. The Trojan did made to the headlines in 2017 but the attack samples appeared to be mild with limited activity. On 27 th  June 2018, the new variant got off the ground and is known to have launched four distinct campaigns since then targeting Germany, Japan and Poland and also one test campaign. The new Version of the Kronos Banking Trojan has been retooled with a few new incorporated features like a new command-and-control feature that is designed to work with an anonymizing network –  Tor . Tor is free software that enables anonymous communication. The software is intended to conceal Internet activity of the user to protect their privacy, gi...