'Karkoff' Is the New 'DNSpionage' With Selective Targeting Strategy

The cybercriminal group behind the infamous DNSpionage malware campaign has been found running a new sophisticated operation that infects selected victims with a new variant of the DNSpionage malware. First uncovered in November last year, the DNSpionage attacks used compromised sites and crafted...

Microsoft’s Latest Patch Hoses Some Antivirus Software

Microsoft’s April 9 security update is bogging down systems running antivirus software packages made by McAfee, Avast, ArcaBit, Avira and Sophos. According to Microsoft, the company’s April Patch Tuesday security update is causing some systems to have slow startup times, sluggish performance or...

Avast Anti-Virus Trust Management Vulnerability

Avast Anti-Virus is a tool for cleaning Avast antivirus programs. A trust management vulnerability exists in Avast Anti-Virus versions prior to 19.1.2360 that stems from the lack of an effective trust management mechanism in a networked system or product. An attacker can exploit default passwords...

April 9, 2019—KB4493448 (Security-only update)

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April 9, 2019—KB4493467 (Security-only update)

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CVE-2018-12572

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data...

CVE-2018-12572

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data...

Design/Logic Flaw

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data...

CVE-2018-12572

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data...

CVE-2018-12572

CVE-2018-12572 affects Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360. The vulnerability is that credentials are stored in memory during login and can be obtained by a local attacker by dumping AvastUI.exe memory, enabling disclosure of sensitive data. Connected sources confirm public demonstrations/exp...

Avast Anti-Virus 19.1.2360 - Local Credentials Disclosure

Avast Anti-Virus 19.1.2360 - Local Credentials Disclosure Exploit Title: Avast Anti-Virus Local Credentials Disclosure 19.1.2360 Date: 01/18/2019 Exploit Author: Nathu Nandwani Website: http://nandtech.co/ Version: before 19.1.2360 build 19.1.4142.0 Tested on: Windows 10 x64 CVE: CVE-2018-12572...

Avast Anti-Virus < 19.1.2360 - Local Credentials Disclosure Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits Exploit Title: Avast Anti-Virus Local Credentials Disclosure 19.1.2360 Exploit Author: Nathu Nandwani Website: http://nandtech.co/ Version: before 19.1.2360 build 19.1.4142.0 Tested on: Windows 10 x64 CVE: CVE-2018-12572 Based on LiquidWorm'...

Avast Anti-Virus < 19.1.2360 - Local Credentials Disclosure

Exploit Title: Avast Anti-Virus Local Credentials Disclosure 19.1.2360 Date: 01/18/2019 Exploit Author: Nathu Nandwani Website: http://nandtech.co/ Version: before 19.1.2360 build 19.1.4142.0 Tested on: Windows 10 x64 CVE: CVE-2018-12572 Based on LiquidWorm's and Yakir Wizman's proof of concepts...

Avast Anti-Virus Local Credential Disclosure

Exploit Title: Avast Anti-Virus Local Credentials Disclosure 19.1.2360 Date: 01/18/2019 Exploit Author: Nathu Nandwani Website: http://nandtech.co/ Version: before 19.1.2360 build 19.1.4142.0 Tested on: Windows 10 x64 CVE: CVE-2018-12572 Based on LiquidWorm's and Yakir Wizman's proof of concepts...

Millions of PCs Found Running Outdated Versions of Popular Software

It is 2019, and millions of computers still either have at least one outdated application installed or run outdated operating systems, making themselves vulnerable to online threats and known security vulnerabilities/exploits. Security vendor Avast has released its PC Trends Report 2019 revealing...

CCleaner Adds Data Collection Feature With No Way to Opt-Out

Like many others, do you also believe that the popular system-cleaning tool CCleaner was performing well before Avast acquired the software from Piriform last year? If yes, then pop-up advertisements in the previous CCleaner software version was not the last thing you have to deal with. Avast has...

CCleaner Adds Data Collection Feature With No Way to Opt-Out

Like many others, do you also believe that the popular system-cleaning tool CCleaner was performing well before Avast acquired the software from Piriform last year? If yes, then pop-up advertisements in the previous CCleaner software version was not the last thing you have to deal with. Avast has...

avast-s.cleverbridge.com Open Redirect vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-616621 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| avast-s.cleverbridge.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| Open Redirect / CWE-601 CVSSv3 Score:| 3.4...

avast-s.cleverbridge.com Open Redirect vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-485328 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| avast-s.cleverbridge.com Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| Open Redirect / CWE-601 CVSSv3 Score:| 3.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N Disclosure Standard:| Coordinated Disclosure base...

avast-cgn.cleverbridge.com Open Redirect vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-485219 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| avast-cgn.cleverbridge.com Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| Open Redirect / CWE-601 CVSSv3 Score:| 3.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N Disclosure Standard:| Coordinated Disclosure...