Overlay Malware Targets Windows Users with a DLL Hijack Twist

Brazilians are being warned of a new overlay malware targeting Windows users in order to siphon victims’ financial data and drain their bank accounts. Researchers say what the malware, dubbed Vizom, lacks in sophistication it makes up for in its creative abuse of the Windows ecosystem. Trusteer, ...

Vulnerability fixed in Trend Micro Anti-virus

A vulnerability has been fixed in Trend Micro Anti-Virus for Mac. The vulnerability allows a malicious person to obtain elevated privileges. Trend Micro has released updates to fix the vulnerability. fix. More information can be found on the page below:...

SAS@Home is back this fall

The world during the pandemic prepares many surprises for us. Most of them are certainly unpleasant: health risks, inability to travel or meet old friends. One of these unpleasant surprises awaited us in the early spring, when the organizing team of the beloved SAS conference were forced to...

Friday Squid Blogging: COVID-19 Found on Chinese Squid Packaging

I thought the virus doesnt survive well on food packaging: Authorities in China’s northeastern Jilin province have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported squid, health authorities in the city of Fuyu said on Sunday, urging anyone who may have bought it to get themselves tested. ...

Interview with the Author of the 2000 Love Bug Virus

No real surprises, but we finally have the story. The story he went on to tell is strikingly straightforward. De Guzman was poor, and internet access was expensive. He felt that getting online was almost akin to a human right a view that was ahead of its time. Getting access required a password, ...

WMIHACKER - A Bypass Anti-virus Software Lateral Movement Command Execution Tool

中文版Chinese version Disclaimer: The technology involved in this project is only for security learning and defense purposes, illegal use is prohibited! Bypass anti-virus software lateral movement command execution test tool（No need 445 Port） Introduction: The common WMIEXEC, PSEXEC tool execution...

DnsAdmin ServerLevelPluginDll Feature Abuse Privilege Escalation

This module exploits a feature in the DNS service of Windows Server. Users of the DnsAdmins group can set the ServerLevelPluginDll value using dnscmd.exe to create a registry key at HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters\ named ServerLevelPluginDll that can be made to point to an...

CVE-2020-25044

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool KVRT prior to 15.0.23.0 was vulnerable to arbitrary file corruption that could provide an attacker with the opportunity to eliminate content of any file in the system...

CVE-2020-25044

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool KVRT prior to 15.0.23.0 was vulnerable to arbitrary file corruption that could provide an attacker with the opportunity to eliminate content of any file in the system...

Design/Logic Flaw

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool KVRT prior to 15.0.23.0 was vulnerable to arbitrary file corruption that could provide an attacker with the opportunity to eliminate content of any file in the system...

CVE-2020-25044

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool KVRT prior to 15.0.23.0 was vulnerable to arbitrary file corruption that could provide an attacker with the opportunity to eliminate content of any file in the system...

CVE-2020-25044

CVE-2020-25044 affects Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool (KVRT) prior to 15.0.23.0. The vulnerability enables arbitrary file corruption, providing an attacker the opportunity to delete or erase content of any file on the system (local access). Public details in the connected sources confirm the affect...

‘Just tell me how to fix my computer:’ a crash course on malware detection

Malware. You’ve heard the term before, and you know it’s bad for your computer—like a computer virus. Which begs the question: Do the terms “malware” and “computer virus” mean the same thing? How do you know if your computer is infected with malware? Is "malware detection" just a fancy phrase for...

Phirautee - A PoC Crypto Virus To Spread User Awareness About Attacks And Implications Of Ransomwares

A proof of concept crypto virus to spread user awareness about attacks and implications of ransomwares. Phirautee is written purely using PowerShell and does not require any third-party libraries. This tool steals the information, holds an organisation’s data to hostage for payments or permanentl...

A week in security (August 3 – 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, on our Lock and Code podcast, we talked about identity and access management technology. We also wrote about business email compromises to score big, discussed how the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020 looks beyond consent, and we analyzed how the...

US Government Warns of a New Strain of Chinese 'Taidoor' Virus

Intelligence agencies in the US have released information about a new variant of 12-year-old computer virus used by China's state-sponsored hackers targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks. Named "Taidoor," the malware has done an 'excellent' job of compromising systems as early as...

[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: clamav-0.102.4-1.fc32

Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers attachment scanning. The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via Internet. The programs ar...

The vulnerability of the Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool’s antivirus protection mechanism, related to deficiencies in access control, allows a malicious user to delete any file in the system.

The vulnerability of the Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool KVRT is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a hacker to delete the content of any arbitrary file in the system...

Files_antivirus doesn't delete virus if uploaded through public link

Risk: low CVSS v3 Base Score: 1.2 CVSS v3 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N CWE ID: CWE-280 CWE Name: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges...

ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ClamAV. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. Workaround There is no known workaround at this time...