ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

Overview ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series are antivirus software. ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series for macOS contain a denial-of-service DoS vulnerability CWE-404. Zhou Tingrui of Kaijo Junior & Senior High School reported this vulnerability to the developer and IPA...

JVN#60553023: ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series are antivirus software. ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series for macOS contain a denial-of-service DoS vulnerability CWE-404. Impact If it is exploited, an attacker may cause a denial-of-service DoS to stop the applications and all daemons of t...

New Wslink Malware Loader Runs as a Server and Executes Modules in Memory

Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday took the wraps off a "simple yet remarkable" malware loader for malicious Windows binaries targeting Central Europe, North America and the Middle East. Codenamed "Wslink" by ESET, this previously undocumented malware stands apart from the rest in that it run...

Vulnerabilities fixed in ESET products

ESET has fixed a vulnerability in its consumer and business products for macOS. A user who is logged in can stop the ESET daemon, which disables protection disabled until the system is restarted. ESET has released updates to fix the vulnerabilities. For more information, see:...

Beware- FontOnLake Rootkit Malware Attacking Linux Systems

By Deeba Ahmed According to ESET's researchers, components of FontOnLake malware are divided into three groups: Trojamized app, Rootkit, and Backdoor. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware- FontOnLake Rootkit Malware Attacking Linux Systems...

Researchers Warn of FontOnLake Rootkit Malware Targeting Linux Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new campaign that likely targets entities in Southeast Asia with a previously unrecognized Linux malware that's engineered to enable remote access to its operators, in addition to amassing credentials and function as a proxy server. The malware family,...

ESPecter Bootkit Malware Haunts Victims with Persistent Espionage

A rare Windows UEFI bootkit malware has been discovered, offering attackers a path to cyber-espionage, researchers are warning. According to ESET, the bootkit’s goal is to install a full featured backdoor on a target PC, which “supports a rich set of commands and contains various automatic data...

SideWalk Backdoor Linked to China-Linked Spy Group ‘Grayfly’

The novel backdoor technique called SideWalk, seen in campaigns targeting US media and retailers late last month, has been tied to an adversary that’s been around for quite a while: namely, China-linked Grayfly espionage group. ESET researchers, who named and discovered the new “SparklingGoblin”...

BladeHawk Attackers Target Kurds with Android Apps

Attackers have been targeting the Kurdish ethic group for more than a year through an Facebook-based spyware campaign that disguises backdoors in legitimate Android apps, researchers have found. A group called BladeHawk is behind the campaign, discovered by researchers from cybersecurity firm ESE...

US Media, Retailers Targeted by New SparklingGoblin APT

An emerging international cybergang is broadening its targets to include North American media firms, universities and one computer retailer. The advanced persistent threat APT group is new, according to researchers who dubbed it SparklingGoblin. Also new is a novel backdoor technique, called...

Experts Reveal Over 150 Ways to Steal Control of 58 Android Stalkerware Apps

A total of 158 privacy and security issues have been identified in 58 Android stalkware apps from various vendors that could enable a malicious actor to take control of a victim's device, hijack a stalker's account, intercept data, achieve remote code execution, and even frame the victim by...

Experts uncover a new Banking Trojan targeting Latin American users

Researchers on Tuesday revealed details of a new banking trojan targeting corporate users in Brazil at least since 2019 across various sectors such as engineering, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, finance, transportation, and government. Dubbed "Janeleiro" by Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, the...

ProxyLogon PoC Exploit Released; Likely to Fuel More Disruptive Cyber Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI on Wednesday issued a joint advisory warning of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange on-premises products by nation-state actors and cybercriminals. "CISA and FBI...

CISA Orders Fed Agencies to Patch Exchange Servers

Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s announcement about active cyber-espionage campaigns that are exploiting four serious security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server, the U.S. government is mandating patching for the issues. The news comes as security firms report escalating numbers of relat...

The vulnerability of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Internet Security, ESET Smart Security, ESET Smart Security Premium, ESET Endpoint Antivirus, ESET Endpoint Security, ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition, ESET Smart Security Business Edition, ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server, ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server, ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino, ESET Security for Kerio, and ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server lies in a lack of standard permission mechanisms, allowing attackers to re-record arbitrary files.

The vulnerability of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Internet Security, ESET Smart Security, ESET Smart Security Premium, ESET Endpoint Antivirus, ESET Endpoint Security, ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition, ESET Smart Security Business Edition, ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server, ESET...

Tiny Kobalos Malware Bedevils Supercomputers to Steal Logins

A tiny-sized malware that packs a big punch has been targeting supercomputers, especially those used in academia and scientific enterprises. It allows initial access for a variety of follow-on attacks, including credential theft – and potentially data exfiltration or cryptomining. That’s accordin...

CVE-2020-26941

A local authenticated low-privileged user can exploit a behavior in an ESET installer to achieve arbitrary file overwrite deletion of any file via a symlink, due to insecure permissions. The possibility of exploiting this vulnerability is limited and can only take place during the installation...

CVE-2020-26941

A local authenticated low-privileged user can exploit a behavior in an ESET installer to achieve arbitrary file overwrite deletion of any file via a symlink, due to insecure permissions. The possibility of exploiting this vulnerability is limited and can only take place during the installation...

Arbitrary file deletion

A local authenticated low-privileged user can exploit a behavior in an ESET installer to achieve arbitrary file overwrite deletion of any file via a symlink, due to insecure permissions. The possibility of exploiting this vulnerability is limited and can only take place during the installation...

CVE-2020-26941

A local authenticated low-privileged user can exploit a behavior in an ESET installer to achieve arbitrary file overwrite deletion of any file via a symlink, due to insecure permissions. The possibility of exploiting this vulnerability is limited and can only take place during the installation...