Antivirus updates hijacked to drop dangerous malware
Imagine if your antivirus program infected your computer with malware – that’s exactly what happened to some eScan antivirus users recently. A new report from Avast has explained how a threat actor, possibly of North Korean affiliation, used a vulnerability in the antivirus program to sideload a backdoor called GuptiMiner. Apparently, after obtaining an adversary-in-the-middle … Read more