Chennai users under constant malware threat Security alert News Today

  • | Thursday | 25th February, 2021

Chennai: Chennai has recorded over eight million malware threats targeted to consumers in 2020 revealed Quick Heal in its latest threat report. It said Chennai witnessed new trends with the advent of social engineering techniques tricking users into opening infected files and links through fake Covid-19 information. The report further highlighted that Trojan was the highest detected malware in Chennai followed by Infector Worm and Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA). “The most common technique adopted by attackers is social engineering wherein they use psychological manipulation to lure users into clicking on suspicious links. “Besides people should follow basic security measures such as avoiding internet banking while using public Wi-Fi using strong passwords enabling multi-factor authentication and changing passwords frequently”.

Chennai: Chennai has recorded over eight million malware threats targeted to consumers in 2020 revealed Quick Heal in its latest threat report. It said Chennai witnessed new trends with the advent of social engineering techniques tricking users into opening infected files and links through fake Covid-19 information. For instance threat actors launched fake versions of AarogyaSetu App to attempt infiltration. Some of them also tried to target users by offering free data subscriptions to OTT platforms fake Covid-19 medicines and job offers among others. The report further highlighted that Trojan was the highest detected malware in Chennai followed by Infector Worm and Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA). However ransomware continued its dominance as the most dangerous threat with the dual ability to encrypt user data and sell it on the dark web to make financial gains. “The most common technique adopted by attackers is social engineering wherein they use psychological manipulation to lure users into clicking on suspicious links. Once a user clicks on the link it opens up an avenue for the attacker to enter into their device” says Himanshu Dubey director Quick Heal Total Security. “Besides people should follow basic security measures such as avoiding internet banking while using public Wi-Fi using strong passwords enabling multi-factor authentication and changing passwords frequently”.

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