What is Scareware: Also known as a fraudware and rogue scanner software, a Scareware is malicious software that aims at tricking people into visiting infected websites. It appears as legitimate pop-ups on your computer from an antivirus software developer warning you of the…
A Hybrid attack uses the underlying strategies of both a brute force attack and dictionary attack in order to get past a password. It uses the dictionary attack to consider the extensive word list of available passwords while the brute force attack will apply each of the…
E-Card scams are the latest phishing technique that cybercriminals are relying upon and in the absence of proper defensive measures it can rip you off.
Does the thought of opening Greetings cards excite you? Don’t rush to open them! With the ever-increasing popularity…
A new variant of MgBot malware was discovered earlier this month, that is being used by Chinese Threat actors to exploit users in Hongkong and India. First discovered on 2nd July the malware masquerades itself as an archive document from the Indian government. It carries…
What is SMS Scams | SMishing?
SMS or popularity known as short message service is the new avenue of cybercriminals. Facts and figures show that any message received is usually opened within 15-20 mins of receipt which provides an easy playground to digital…
A Direct Action Virus is one of the most common forms of malware and infects systems by attaching itself with .exe or .com files.
A computer virus aims at hampering the overall working of your device and can be segregated into multiple categories depending on their…
A Web Scripting Virus aims at exploiting browser vulnerabilities and works by breaching your browser security with a client code script. It is one of the most common and widespread viruses that mainly spread with the help of infected webpage ads and pop-ups.
Web…
A Spacefiller (Cavity) virus tries to attack devices by filling the empty spaces present in various files. That’s why this rare form of computer virus is also addressed as a Cavity Virus. Its working strategy involves using the empty sections of a file to house a…
A multipartite virus is one of the most notorious types of computer viruses that the world had ever seen. This type of virus is often considered more precarious than the old-fashioned computer viruses, leaving even the simplest tasks inoperable.
What is a…
To remove a Resident virus can be a bit complicated, since, based on the replication module this is one of the most common PC viruses that one can come across. Its main function is to install a harmful code into your device memory which is capable of infecting not only the…
