The vulnerability of the isolated software environment of the Avast Antivirus protection tool allows a malicious actor to manipulate scan results. In other words, they can bypass the protection by avoiding detection or removing the malicious system files.

The vulnerability of the isolated software environment of the antivirus software Avast Antivirus is related to incorrect default permissions. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a hacker to manipulate scan results, i.e., to bypass protection by avoiding detection or removing malicious system fil...

A week in security (April 15 – 21)

Last week, Malwarebytes Labs revealed multiple giveaway online scam campaigns banking on the popularity and generosity of Ellen DeGeneres, weighed in on the hack that compromised legacy Microsoft email service accounts like Hotmail and MSN, explained what “like-farming” means and how to spot it o...