Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

” Only one of the men sanctioned today is known to have been criminally charged in connection with hacking activity. Secret Service determined that he ran a massive “money mule” scheme, which used phony job offers to trick people into laundering money stolen from hacked small to mid-sized businesses in the United States.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2019

BlackBerry Cylance has addressed a bypass vulnerability recently discovered in its AI-based antivirus engine CylancePROTECT product. 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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The CryptoLocker wave went into a decline in June 2014 as a result of the so-called Operation Tovar , an initiative orchestrated by law enforcement agencies from multiple countries. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2019

Antivirus solutions from different vendors are having malfunctions after the installation of Windows security patches released on April 9, including McAfee, Avast and Sophos. Antivirus solutions from different vendors are showing malfunctions after the installation of Windows security patches released on April 9. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2019

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.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Researchers at Cybereason’s Nocturnus team have uncovered a new Astaroth Trojan campaign that is currently exploiting the Avast antivirus and security software developed by GAS Tecnologia to steal information and drop malicious modules. According to the experts, LOLbins are very effecting in evading antivirus software.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Avast). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Since antivirus and anti-malware tools run with the highest level of privileges to scan all parts of a computer for malicious code, it has become a desired target for attackers. This is probably the first case of a sandbox mechanism implemented for an antivirus solution that aims at protecting the Windows systems if it is compromised.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

A few hours ago, a new email hacking tool dubbed Jason and associated with the OilRig APT group was leaked through the same Telegram channel used to leak other tools. The Lab Dookhtegan hackers used a Telegram channel to dump information about the OilRig infrastructure, revealing details about its hacking tools, members, and operations.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. ” Meanwhile, the Jabber address masscrypt@exploit.im The WHOIS records for autodoska[.]biz

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

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The US Department of Justice has indicted a hacker named Fxmsp for hacking over three hundred organizations worldwide and selling access to their networks. The US Department of Justice has indicted a hacker that goes online with the moniker Fxmsp for hacking over three hundred organizations worldwide and selling access to their networks.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more.

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

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Most of us already know the importance of using antivirus , anti-malware, and VPNs to secure our computers, phones, and other devices against potential attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Not so much.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. Cybercriminals are interested in hacking your IP address for various reasons. The hacked and stolen IPs are often used for carrying out illegal activities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

US FTC charged cyber security firm Avast with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and antivirus and sold it. The antivirus firm is accused of selling the data to advertising companies without user consent. ” re ads the FTC’s complaint. FTC will also fine Avast $16.5

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

” Guard Provider is developed by Xiaomi that includes three antivirus software, Avast, AVL, and Tencent, and allows users to choose the one they prefer. ” ~ 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

MARCH 31, 2025

The APT group has been launching cyber-espionage campaigns against Ukraine since at least 2014. The PowerShell code avoids antivirus detection by using Get-Command to execute the payload. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Ukraine)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

A former member of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations hacking team was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky software. On September 11, 2014, Kaspersky antivirus detected the Win32.GrayFish.gen Equestre.*”.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

The malicious code uses a hacking algorithm for most of its functions, the algorithm is similar to the one implemented for previous ShellTea version. “ ~ 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

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2019

Unfortunately this isn’t the first time that the VSDC site has been hacked. Users that had downloaded the software in the above between have to scan their system for malware using an up-to-date of the antivirus software. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The operators behind the infamous RobbinHood ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to kill antivirus products. Ransomware operators leverage a custom antivirus killing p ackage that is delivered to workstations to disable security solution before starting encryption. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The ZoneAlarm suite includes antivirus software and firewall solutions to and users and small organizations, it has nearly 100 million downloads. 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

JUNE 21, 2020

. “The new malware tricks victims into bypassing Apple’s built-in macOS security protections, and it uses sneaky tactics in an effort to evade antivirus detection.” “As of Friday, the new malware installer and its payload had a 0/60 detection rate among all antivirus engines on VirusTotal.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

The Dridex banking Trojan that has been around since 2014, it was involved in numerous campaigns against financial institutions over the years and crooks have continuously improved it. At the time of discovery, using data from VirusTotal, only six antivirus solutions of about 60 detected suspicious behavior [ 2 ]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

Malware is malicious software intended to wreak havoc and damage on target networks and systems, having the ability to spread on these systems while remaining undetectable, avoiding antivirus detection, causing changes and critical damage to the infected systems or networks. SecurityAffairs – malware, hacking). DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT.

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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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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

An antivirus can provide peace of mind for users worried about accidentally encountering malware while scrolling online. A good antivirus can successfully detect and, in some cases, remove malware before it can seriously damage your device. per year for the first year; $109.99 in subsequent years $69.99

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2020

The hacking campaigns were also detailed by researchers at Bitdefender in late March. 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 -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

ESET noticed that KryptoCibule contains a feature that checks for the presence of antivirus software on a victim’s computer. The malware only checks for the presence of ESET, Avast, and AVG antivirus software, which are popular solutions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. SecurityAffairs – hacking, KryptoCibule).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. Generally speaking, removal/cleaning by antivirus is not a sufficient guarantee. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, botnet).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

Jeff Bezos phone was hacked by Saudi crown prince. 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 -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

One of the fathers of antivirus software, the entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell while he was waiting for extradition to the US. The authorities claim that the McAfee failed to file tax returns for incomes related to a period between 2014 and 2018. SecurityAffairs – hacking, McAfee).

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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 -->. 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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