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The German BSI agency recommends replacing Kaspersky antivirus software

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German Federal Office for Information Security agency, also known as BSI, recommends consumers not to use Kaspersky anti-virus software. The German Federal Office for Information Security agency, aka BSI, recommends consumers uninstall Kaspersky anti-virus software. ” reads the BSI announcement. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Experts warn of flaws in popular Antivirus solutions

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Researchers disclosed details of security flaws in popular antivirus software that could allow threat actors to increase privileges. Antivirus solutions that are supposed to protect the systems from infection may unintentionally allow malware in escalating privileges on the system. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, antivirus).

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Threat actor abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat driver to disable antivirus

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Threat actors abused a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. sys, for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. The driver is currently being abused by a ransomware actor to kill antivirus processes and services for mass-deploying ransomware.”

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Cisco fixed critical RCE bug in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus engine

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Cisco addressed a critical vulnerability in the ClamAV open source antivirus engine that can lead to remote code execution on vulnerable devices. Cisco fixed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-20032 (CVSS score: 9.8), in the ClamAV open source antivirus engine.

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A couple of 10-Year-Old flaws affect Avast and AVG antivirus?

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Researcher discovered a couple of high-severity security flaws that affect a driver used by Avast and AVG antivirus solutions. SentinelOne researcher Kasif Dekel discovered two high-severity security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-26522 and CVE-2022-26523, that affect a driver used by Avast and AVG antivirus solutions.

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Comodo Antivirus is affected by several vulnerabilities

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Experts discovered several flaws in Comodo Antivirus, including a vulnerability that could allow to escape the sandbox and escalate privileges. The Tenable expert David Wells discovered five flaws in the Comodo Antivirus and Comodo Antivirus Advanced. We recommend to keep updated on future Comodo Antivirus releases.”

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A flaw in Kaspersky Antivirus allowed tracking its users online

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A vulnerability in Kaspersky Antivirus had exposed a unique identifier associated with users to every website they have visited in the past 4 years. A vulnerability in the Kaspersky Antivirus software, tracked as CVE-2019-8286, had exposed a unique identifier associated with its users to every website they have visited in the past 4 years.