Short Bytes: Avast was detected with a serious zero-day exploit by a Google security expert. The antivirus software was vulnerable to malicious HTTPS websites. Antivirus Softwares are trusted heavily with the security of the computer system, especially in today’s times when the threat of viruses and malware is at the peak. Avast has been one of […]
Avast was vulnerable to malicious HTTPS connections. One of Google’s security experts found a zero-day exploit inside the Avast antivirus, which the company has recently patched. The researcher is Tavis Ormandy, one of Google’s Project Zero engineers, the same man that discovered a similar zero-day exploit in Kaspersky’s antivirus exactly a month ago. According to Ormandy’s […]
Short Bytes: The recently discovered Breaking Bad ransomware remains undetected by the majority of the 57 security products listed on Google’s VirusTotal antivirus aggregator. Know more about how it works. The security threats are increasing as more number of machines are going online. Along with the regular malware and trojans, ransomware threat too is on the […]
Cyber-crime syndicate tried to intimidate antivirus vendor. In some cases, cyber-security work can turn really dangerous, and even deadly, if you manage to disrupt the revenue stream of international crime syndicates. Fortunately, this is not the case in the incident we are going to tell you about, but it could have been. In an interview that […]
Short Bytes: Two former employees of the security firm Kaspersky labs have told Reuters that the Russian company made fake malware for more than 10 years to gain advantage over its rivals. According to the report, Kaspersky took this step as it believed that other antivirus companies were stealing its technology. Founded in the year […]
Popular anti-virus firm and computer security agency BitDefender has become the victim of a highly embarrassing data hack. Apparently, hackers took away a “very limited” number of usernames and passwords of the firm’s customers and are now threatening to make the data public if the required ransom is not paid. However, BitDefender refused to give […]
Short Bytes : Your smartphone is at the equal risk of getting infected by malware as is your computer. Hers’s a list of the best free android antivirus apps that not only protect your smartphone but also help you find it out in case you lose it. There are several Android antivirus apps that claim […]
What’s the difference between IDS, firewalls and antivirus? This guide should explain how they complement each other in a balanced security setup.
Apple is deleting antivirus and antimalware apps from its iOS App Store without official warning or announcement. It seems that Apple has given up on apps in the Apple store that are related to antivirus or antimalware. There has not been any official announcement made by Apple on this change of policy as such. However, […]
The detection and blocking of malicious code employed by modern threats, whether targeted attacks or mass-spreading campaigns, has been a game of cat-and-mouse for some time now. Is it time for a new approach?
Samurai Hacker from Turk Hack Team has come up with his latest hack in which two websites, one from famous Internet security and antivirus solution provided company AVG’s for Korea and National Geographic’s official website for Slovenia were hacked and defaced. The hacker who contacted me via email explained that reason for hacking AVG was hacked […]
Powered by google? that might be a trap of hackers as recently happened. A number of popular websites were hacked and were redirected to an AV website which claimed to be powered by google. The AV tries to download malicious applications that can cause serious security issues. A warnging that pops up on screen reads […]
Anonymous hackers have done it again, this time they have leaked source code of Symantec Norton antivirus 2006 version. The leak was done in the name of ongoing operation #Freehammond. Jeremy Hammond is one of the LulzSec hacker was arrested by the FBI last week, accused of participating in an international computer-hacking plot. Anonymous left […]