Antivirus Firmware Software 
Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2025
The researchers speculate that threat actors behind this variant have compromised the supply chain, so stores may not even suspect that they are selling smartphones infected with Triada “The new version of the malware is distributed in the firmware of infected Android devices. It is located in the system framework. 231 banking malware.
SecureList
APRIL 7, 2025
Such software enjoys the trust of monitoring tools and doesn’t raise suspicions. This is a utility driver used to update PC drivers, BIOS and firmware. Monitoring tools track the installation of such drivers and check applications that perform it. But what if a security solution performs unsafe activity?
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Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
The malicious code acts as a backdoor allowing attackers to download and install third-party software secretly. In August 2024, several users reported that Dr.Web antivirus detected changes in their TV box system files. In September 2024, Doctor Web researchers uncovered a malware, tracked as Vo1d , that infected nearly 1.3
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
The malicious code acts as a backdoor and allows attackers to download and install third-party software secretly. In August 2024, several users reported that Dr.Web antivirus detected changes in their TV box system files. Doctor Web researchers uncovered a malware, tracked as Vo1d , that infected nearly 1.3
CyberSecurity Insiders
JULY 27, 2022
A novel malware named CosmicStrand is said to be targeting the old motherboards offered by Asus and Gigabyte and the crux is that it can survive operating system re-installs and it survives in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFIs) unlike just the storage drive.
CyberSecurity Insiders
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Presenting their find at the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems in 2018, a team of researchers refined their invention even further that led to the innovation of a firmware that blocks ransomware from encrypting data on a computer network. Still, not all is well in this invention, as it comes with an expense.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 14, 2019
Trend Micro is among the top five endpoint security vendors who’ve been in the battle since the earliest iterations of antivirus software, more than three decades ago. To be sure, legacy antivirus solutions were designed in an earlier age, based on the notion of prevention, and that was a valid approach in the early 2000s.
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