Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

” In September, security researchers from G DATA discovered more than two dozen Android mobile phones from different manufacturers already infected by pre-installed malware. .” concludes the report that includes indicators of compromise (IoCs).

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

Firefox finally addressed the issues with antivirus apps crashing HTTPS websites starting with the release of Firefox 68. Mozilla announced that it will resolve the issues that caused antivirus apps crashing HTTPs websites with the release of Firefox 68 version. This is possible by installing root certificates on the device.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2020

Antivirus maker Avast has disabled a core component of its antivirus to address a severe vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to control users’ PC. Ormandy pointed out that the main Avast antivirus process, AvastSvc.exe, which, runs as SYSTEM. ” reads the statement released by the security firm.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

“Two Romanian suspects have been arrested yesterday for allegedly running the CyberSeal and Dataprotector crypting services to evade antivirus software detection.” The pair also operated the Cyberscan service which allowed their clients to test their malware against antivirus tools. ” continues the press release.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Security researchers from SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered that multiple Fortinet products use a weak encryption cipher (“XOR” with a static key) and cryptographic keys to communicate with the FortiGuard Web Filter, AntiSpam and AntiVirus cloud services. UDP ports 53, 8888 and TCP port 80 (HTTP POST /fgdsvc).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

File encryption 2013 – 2015. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift. RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. Another fundamental tweak was the onset of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) in May 2015.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

“Account accesses for antivirus programs garner the second-highest prices: around $21.67. The cost for antivirus accounts is just over $20, while other types of accounts (cable, social media, VPN, streaming, adult, music, file sharing, and video game accounts) typically go for less than $10. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cybercrime Antivirus Marketing Accountability 145

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Kaspersky has fixed several flaws affecting the web protection features implemented in some of its security products. The vulnerabilities were found by the security researcher Wladimir Palant that reported them to Kaspersky in December 2018. As in: under some circumstances, antivirus would still crash. I wouldn’t bet on it.”

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Antivirus Advertising Password Management Passwords 122

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

On June 26, 2019, experts at eSentire Threat Intelligence discovered a C2 infrastructure pointing to a similar Dridex variant that was undetected by most of the antivirus listed in VirusTotal service. At the time of discovery, using data from VirusTotal, only six antivirus solutions of about 60 detected suspicious behavior [ 2 ].

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Banking Antivirus Advertising Encryption 108

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

McAfee a vulnerability in its antivirus software that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute code with SYSTEM privileges. Experts explained that it is possible to bypass the self-defense mechanism of the antivirus because the antivirus doesn’t validate digital signature of the DLL file.

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Antivirus Advertising Software Internet 103

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2020

In January, Chinese hackers have exploited another zero-day vulnerability in the Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus in an attack that hit Mitsubishi Electric. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Recently Check Point researchers warned of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Education Ransomware Antivirus Backups 145

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The vulnerability is due to the method (cpio) in which Zimbra’s antivirus engine (Amavis) scans inbound emails. The experts pointed out that the vulnerability is due to the method ( cpio ) used by Zimbra’s antivirus engine ( Amavis ) to scan the inbound emails. It invokes cpio and CVE-2015-1197 is triggered. reported Rapid7.

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Hacking Antivirus Telecommunications Engineering 140

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

“When the attack happened multiple antivirus programs were disabled by the attack and hard drives just lit up with activity. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It was surreal and definitely seemed to propagate over the network. All machines in my department are Dell Win10 boxes.”

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Ransomware Healthcare Advertising Antivirus 138

Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

The virus avoided detection by antivirus solutions through regular updates from an attacker-controlled command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, and spread through the company’s systems, causing network outages and shutting down essential services for nearly a week.” Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Emotet, malware).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2019

The code also included a link to an image of the Russian President Putin and a message to the antivirus industry. “At first, the reference seemed an odd thing in the code but a second look at how Nemty worked revealed that it was the key for decoding base64 strings and create URLs is a straight message to the antivirus industry.”

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Ransomware Malware Antivirus Encryption 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

. “TAG observed a North Korean government-backed attacker group that previously targeted security researchers posing as recruiters at Samsung and sending fake job opportunities to employees at multiple South Korean information security companies that sell anti-malware solutions.”

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Malware Phishing Antivirus Hacking 144

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

Experts pointed out that Google Chrome appears to implicitly trust any file downloaded from Google Drive, even if they are flagged and “malicious” by antivirus software as malicious. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Generally speaking, removal/cleaning by antivirus is not a sufficient guarantee. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . • Limit Internet access for all agents to a controlled white list. Disconnect compromised machines from the network without deleting data. Send the samples (.doc

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Malware Advertising Antivirus Banking 144

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Russian operator of Cardplanet carding site pleads guilty in the US. Cisco Webex flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to join private meetings.

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Data breaches Advertising Antivirus DDOS 115

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2020

The company also recommends users to check the router’s DNS settings and to make sure the antivirus/malware solutions are up to date and run a full scan. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Users will be prompted to reset the passwords the next time they log in. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Passwords DNS Malware Advertising 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Test security of systems and networks regularly. Support information security within organizational policies and programs. Requirement 5: It is no longer sufficient to just have standard antivirus software. Restrict physical access to cardholder data. Log and monitor all access to system components and cardholder data.

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Antivirus Retail Software Accountability 138

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These browser extensions are installed when users install Avast or AVG antivirus solutions on their computers on their PCs. “Are you one of the allegedly 400 million users of Avast antivirus products? “Are you one of the allegedly 400 million users of Avast antivirus products? This will be “US” for US English.

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Antivirus Advertising Scams Phishing 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

. “To secure against Emotet, CISA and MS-ISAC recommend implementing the mitigation measures described in this Alert, which include applying protocols that block suspicious attachments, using antivirus software, and blocking suspicious IPs.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Flaws in Avast, AVG, and Avira Antivirus could be exploited by an attacker to load a malicious DLL file to bypass defenses and escalate privileges. The Antivirus implements a self-defense mechanism that prevents malicious code to write and implant a DLL to its folders. ” continues the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

The attackers have exploited a directory traversal and arbitrary file upload vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-18187, in the Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus. After the security firm patched the CVE-2019-18187 flaw in October, it warned customers that the issue was being actively exploited by hackers in the wild.

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Data breaches Advertising Antivirus Encryption 137

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

According to the experts, LOLbins are very effecting in evading antivirus software. . In February, researchers at Cybereason’s Nocturnus team uncovered another Astaroth Trojan campaign that was exploiting the Avast antivirus and security software developed by GAS Tecnologia to steal information and drop malicious modules.

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Antivirus Malware Advertising Security Intelligence 106

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Security experts from Fortinet’s enSilo have discovered a new loader, dubbed BIOLOAD, associated with the financially-motivated group FIN7. The group that has been active since late 2015 targeted businesses worldwide to steal payment card information. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Some antivirus solutions specifically analyze this section look for malicious VBA code in the Excel docs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The lack of this section makes the Excel files generated by Epic Manchego gang hard to detect. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

CISA reports provide the following recommendations to users and administrators to strengthen the security posture of their organization’s systems: • Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

“For example, disabling firewall and antivirus, rootkit installation, concealing of process-miner, theft any PC user’s private data — is just a small portion of what could be done. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” wrote Kravetz. “ Valve banned me on their H1 program.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The issue is similar to other vulnerabilities discovered by researchers from SafeBreach Labs in other antivirus solutions from several security vendors, including McAfee, Trend Micro , Check Point, Bitdefender, AVG and Avast. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The name Fxmsp refers a high-profile Russian- and English-speaking hacking group focused on breaching high-profile private corporate and government information. Since March 2019, Fxmsp announced in cybercrime forums the availability of information stolen from major antivirus companies located in the U.S.

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Hacking Antivirus Advertising Cybercrime 115

Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

.” The malicious code supports multiple commands, it could launch overlay attacks, log keystrokes, send spam the victims’ contact lists with SMS messages, and prevent victims from using antivirus software. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Banking Mobile Advertising 131

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2020

However, the use of an uncommon platform may have helped evade detection by antivirus software.” Operators were spreading it in a spam campaign aimed at stealing victims’ financial information, the spam messages sent to the victims claim to provide information related to the Coronavirus outbreak and government relief payments.

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