Search results for "antivirus"

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  eScan Antivirus Update Mechanism Exploited to Spread Backdoors and Miners

  A new malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus software to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners like...

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  How to exploit Windows Defender Antivirus to infect a device with malware

  Trend Micro’s recent threat hunting efforts have uncovered active exploitation of CVE-2023-36025, a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen, by a new...

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  Discover Why Proactive Web Security Outsmarts Traditional Antivirus Solutions

  In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s crucial to reevaluate how we secure web environments. Traditional antivirus-approach solutions have their merits, but...

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  New Antivirus, EDR detection evading technique allows injecting code in trusted Windows process

  Mockingjay is the name of an innovative process injection approach that has the potential to enable threat actors to avoid being detected...

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  How to use “bring your own vulnerable driver” (BYOVD) technique to kill/evade Antivirus or EDR

  Threat actors have been relying on exploitable drivers an increasing amount in order to circumvent security measures. Drivers are low-level system components...

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  Majority of the ransomware gangs used this packer to bypass antivirus and encrypt devices

  Packers are becoming an increasingly important tool for cybercriminals to use in the commission of illegal acts. On hacker forums, the packer...

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  Vulnerabilities

  New Acer UEFI firmware vulnerability (CVE-2022-4020) makes Antivirus or EDR useless in Acer laptops

  The security researchers at ESET found a new high-risk vulnerability in the UEFI firmware of Acer computers. Because to a security flaw...

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  Fake Antivirus and Cleaner Apps Caught Installing SharkBot Android Banking Trojan

  The notorious Android banking trojan known as SharkBot has once again made an appearance on the Google Play Store by masquerading as...

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  This is how they use Windows Defender antivirus to encrypt your computer with LockBit Ransomware

  Hackers are constantly looking for new ways to attack and infect PC users. And, for this, there is nothing better than taking...

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  AvosLocker Ransomware Variant Using New Trick to Disable Antivirus Protection

  Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new variant of the AvosLocker ransomware that disables antivirus solutions to evade detection after breaching target networks...

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  Chinese Hackers Caught Exploiting Popular Antivirus Products to Target Telecom Sector

  A Chinese-aligned cyberespionage group has been observed striking the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with versions of malware such as ShadowPad and...

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  Researchers Takeover Unpatched 3rd-Party Antivirus Sandboxes via VirusTotal

  Security researchers have disclosed a security issue that could have allowed attackers to weaponize the VirusTotal platform as a conduit to achieve...

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  SharkBot – New Generation Malware on Google Play Distributed as Android Antivirus App

  While malware distributors may have a harder time getting their malicious apps through Google’s automatic scanning and flagging system, but, SharkBot shows...

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  Vulnerabilities

  ESET Antivirus Flaw Let Attackers to Escalate Privileges & Execute Arbitrary Code

  ESET has recently published patches to fix a local privilege escalation vulnerability detected in all the clients of its Windows products that...

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  Beware of Fake Amnesty International Antivirus for Pegasus that Hacks PCs with Malware

  In yet another indicator of how hacking groups are quick to capitalize on world events and improvise their attack campaigns for maximum...

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  These 13 malware variants are used to hack and take control of Pulse Secure devices. Make sure your antivirus can detect them

  In its most recent report, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) alerted users of Pulse Secure devices to the discovery of...

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  DroidMorph Shows Popular Android Antivirus Fail to Detect Cloned Malicious Apps

  A new research published by a group of academics has found that anti-virus programs for Android continue to remain vulnerable against different...

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  Malware Can Use This Trick to Bypass Ransomware Defense in Antivirus Solutions

  Researchers have disclosed significant security weaknesses in popular software applications that could be abused to deactivate their protections and take control of...

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  Data Breach

  Antivirus Firm Exposed Internal Log data Generated by their Products

  EMSISOFT, Antivirus Firm revealed a data breach on one of their test systems. The company used the system to evaluate and benchmark...

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  Tutorials

  How to easily check if DOC, RTF, XLS, PPT, PPTX or PDF file has a malware without antivirus like a digital forensics expert

  In most cyberattack variants threat actors use legitimate-looking documents loaded with malware, which is why researchers often say it all starts with...

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  Ransomware

  Robinhood Ransomware Borrow Vulnerable Driver To Kill Antivirus and Encrypt Windows System Files

  Researchers observed a new ransomware family called “Robinhood” that using a digitally signed vulnerable driver to bypass the protection by killing files...