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Sead Fadilpašić

UNCOVERED: Antivirus updates hijacked to drop dangerous malware - The Untold Story

Skull and Bones.

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. 

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