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How to Check if your Mobile Phone has Virus?

( Update: check the latest version of Comodo’s mobile security app) Much before virus evolved into something that can put us on ransom and hijack our activities, we knew about viruses that would be infecting our computers and we have…

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Hackers putting clandestine techniques in Banking Malware

A Trojan named Ursnif is a new version that is being tested with modified codes, this is to make it more effective when it comes to attack the banking domain and software. A recent report in Zdnet by Danny Palmer…

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Beware Of BadRabbit Ransomware

Just when we thought 2017 has seen its share of ransomware attacks, yet another surfaced recently. Named BadRabbit, researchers have found out that it’s a rehash of NotPetya’s code. But thankfully has not been as effective as WannaCry or NotPetya.…

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Malware Exploiting Toast Overlay Attack Discovered

Earlier this year, mobile security experts from Palo Alto Networks, found that Android devices could be subjected to ‘Android Toast Overlay Attack’, which is a vulnerability affecting the Toast feature on Android devices. The Android Toast feature allows display of…

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Myths Debunked about Antivirus Software

Antivirus software is interpreted to be a prerequisite to using a computer and be connected to the online world. Well, most of us would not even think to have a system without antivirus, because we think that viruses are going…

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Do Mac System needs Antivirus Software

It’s just a misconception that only Windows OS requires antivirus protection. The last 10-years we have seen what happened to those who have been taking the digital security lightly. All these years the target was Windows OS and may feel…

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Google Play Protect Fails Android Antivirus Tests

Android’s new built-in antivirus program, Google Play Protect, just had its first big test — and it has failed miserably. An independent German lab AV-Test conducted a test on Android antivirus and found that the Google’s own in-house antivirus could…

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KRACK Security Vulnerability Exploits WPA2 Protocol

The latest security vulnerability to hit the headlines has been named KRACK – which stands for ‘Key Reinstallation Attacks’. KRACK is a security vulnerability present in WPA2 protocol which is widely used in Wi-Fi connections. (WPA2 stands for Wi-fi Protected…

Nonocore RAT Malware

Dangers Posed By Zero-Day Vulnerability

The battle between software manufacturers and hacking community is a never-ending one. Every security measure these software manufacturers adopt is eventually compromised or broken by the hacking community. Apart from the security measure breaches, the software manufacturers are also confronted…

Best Free Firewall

5 Firewall Programs for Protecting Your PC

It’s a well-known fact that antivirus packages alone are not sufficient to safeguard PC(s). While antivirus does offer protection against malicious security threats out there, they can do very little in terms of “regulating or governing the traffic” which comes…