What Is A Malware?

What Is A Malware?

  April 04, 2020

What Is A Malware? How Does Malware Work? 

A Malware is a special type of program, designed to harm your machine. A Malware can steal data from your device or system. It can also hijack your device or system. There are different types of Malware: 

Spyware: 

A spyware is designed to spy your device or system and steal data from it. Spyware can steal your username and passwords from your computer or mobile. It is used to leak secret data to the hacker to make their work easier. 

Adware:

And adware is designed to show ads on your device. By showing ads, the adware creator actually gets paid. It can be easily installed on an android phone and shows the user is irrelevant ads. 

Rootkit: 

Rootkit can gain access to the root of your device and install adware or other types of Malware to harm your device or to steal data from your device. 

Viruses:

Viruses can also be described as malware. A virus can harm your device, leak sensitive information from your device like username and passwords and credit card details. That's why it is the most dangerous type of Malware. 

Keyloggers:

Keyloggers are one of the most dangerous types of Malware. A Keylogger records your keystrokes. It is used to sniff usernames and passwords from your device. Suppose you have a keylogger installed on your computer and you type your username and password in Gmail or Facebook or anywhere, what a keylogger does is, it records your keystrokes and sends it to someone else so that he can easily find out your usernames and passwords. 

Malware

How can a Malware get into your device:

Downloading software from unknown sources:

if you download any software from unknown sources then there is a chance that a Malware is bound with that software. installing that software the Malware also gets installed automatically. Many times Malware is installed by inserting a pen drive or CD drive into your device that is taken from unknown sources.

Sometimes visiting harmful websites can also install Malware into your device. Have you ever seen that visiting some mobile websites causes your phone to vibrate automatically and a warning pops up that your device is infected with viruses? That is an indication that your device can really get affected. Many times there is a download button there. If you click on the download button and let the app get downloaded (thinking that it is anti-virus), surely it is a virus, hernia device.  

That's how Malware can affect your device and still sensitive information from it. Subscribe to this blog to get more updates about this topic and to stay secure from cyber threats.

Keep Your Data Safe: Safety From KeyLoggers

Keep Your Data Safe: Safety From KeyLoggers

  April 02, 2020

Keep Your Data Safe: Safety From KeyLoggers

Suppose you have a program on your computer, whose job is to send a complete list of all the buttons you press on your keyboard every day to a person, without your knowledge. All day long, you are logging in to your email, you are doing online banking, going to different websites, buying something with your credit card, or more. All these information when you are giving, using your keyboard, it's just getting sent to another end of the world ... now you can understand that I'm talking about the keyloggers.

I have seen a facility in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011that they have given a module called Virtual Keyboard. Believe it, it's a hard job to write using it.

QFX Software has come up with a 'key scrambler' to help you to cope with this kind of pain. Let's see how it works;

Before going to see how 'key scrambler' works, let's know some key points;

Important Path: 

When you type something with your keyboard, those keys reach the specified application through the operating system. (Suppose you are giving your name and password to Mozilla Firefox).

Key Logger: 

The key logger is a type of mailwire that is created by cyber criminals to steal your important information, just when you type something with your keyboard. Key loggers steal your information just before they reach specific apps.

Now let's see how the Key Scrambler works;

Encryption used to prevent Keyloggers

As soon as you press any key on the keyboard, the 'Key Scrambler' software inside the Kernel encrypts it.

Then when you reach the Destination app, 'Key Scrambler' decrypts it again, so that you can show what you have given.

No matter what kind of logger they are, they will only see your information encrypted version.

If you want, you can download the key Scrambler software from here.