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No Click Required: PoC Available for ClamAV Command Injection Bug (CVE-2024-20328)

Penetration Testing

A proof-of-concept (PoC) for CVE-2024-20328, a critical vulnerability in ClamAV, a popular open-source antivirus engine, that allows arbitrary code execution, was published. It is here,... The post No Click Required: PoC Available for ClamAV Command Injection Bug (CVE-2024-20328) appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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ClamAV Bugs Expose Users to Command Injection (CVE-2024-20328) and DoS Attacks (CVE-2024-20290)

Penetration Testing

Recently, Cisco revealed critical vulnerabilities lurking within ClamAV, a widely used open-source antivirus engine.

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Quark Engine v23.11.1 releases: automating analysis of suspicious Android application

Penetration Testing

Quark Engine An Obfuscation-Neglect Android Malware Scoring System Android malware analysis engine is not a new story. Every antivirus company has its own secrets to build it. With curiosity, we develop a malware scoring... The post Quark Engine v23.11.1

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How to Stop Ransomware: Breach Prevention vs. Cobalt Strike Backdoor

Security Boulevard

With a year-on-year increase of over 161% , malicious usage of cracked versions of Cobalt Strike (a legitimate penetration test tool) is skyrocketing. Developed in 2012 to give pen testers and red teams the capability to conduct hard-to-spot test attacks, Cobalt Strike is designed to be dynamic and evasive.

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Pen Testing Toolkit: Tools & Antivirus Software Evasion Techniques

NopSec

Antivirus software is one of the oldest and the most ever present security control against malware and various types of malicious software. I have antivirus so I’m covered” used have some legitimate weight to it. Hope for the best that the target does not have an antivirus or an end point security tool! <For

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How Hackers Use Reconnaissance – and How to Protect Against It

eSecurity Planet

Also read: Best Penetration Testing Tools. Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools. Antivirus and EDR tools, SIEM systems (security information and event management), security vendors, software, hardware, firmware, and operating systems. What Data Do Hackers Collect? The Top Reconnaissance Tools.

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Malware researcher reverse engineered a threat that went undetected for at least 2 years

Security Affairs

Today I’d like to share the following reverse engineering path since it ended up to be more complex respect what I thought. During the analysis time, only really few Antivirus (6 out of 60) were able to “detect” the sample. AntiVirus Coverage. Significative the choice to use a .reg