Cybersecurity

GuptiMiner: Hijacking Antivirus Updates for Distributing Backdoors and Casual Mining – Avast Threat Labs

Key Points Avast discovered and analyzed a malware campaign hijacking an eScan antivirus update mechanism to distribute backdoors and coinminers Avast disclosed the vulnerability to both eScan antivirus and India CERT. On 2023-07-31, eScan confirmed that the issue was fixed and successfully resolved The campaign was orchestrated by a threat actor with possible ties to […]

Cybersecurity

Microsoft’s March Updates Fix 61 Vulnerabilities, Including Critical Hyper-V Flaws

Mar 13, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Software Update Microsoft on Tuesday released its monthly security update, addressing 61 different security flaws spanning its software, including two critical issues impacting Windows Hyper-V that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution. Of the 61 vulnerabilities, two are rated Critical, 58 are rated Important, and one is […]