Latest Antivirus news

Bitdefender Ironically Stopped Working on Safer Internet Day

Ironically on what has become known as Safer Internet Day, users of Bitdefender Antivirus are reporting today that the security software has suddenly stopped working. After installing an update, Bitdefender users are seeing errors that state "The Bitdefender Security Service (vsserv.exe) is unavailable".
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 06, 2018
- 02:18 PM
- 9
Fortinet VPN Client Exposes VPN Creds, Palo Alto Firewalls Allow Remote Attacks

It's been a bad week for two of the world's biggest vendors of enterprise hardware and software — Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks. Both companies fixed security issues this week affecting some of their most popular products, with some bugs being quite intrusive and dangerous.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 14, 2017
- 08:50 AM
- 0
Trump Signs Bill Banning Kaspersky Products on Government Computers

President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law on Tuesday that also includes a clause that officially bans the use of Kaspersky products on US federal government computers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 13, 2017
- 10:55 AM
- 5
"Process Doppelgänging" Attack Works on All Windows Versions

Today, at the Black Hat Europe 2017 security conference in London, two security researchers from cyber-security firm enSilo have described a new code injection technique called "Process Doppelgänging."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 07, 2017
- 04:15 AM
- 1
UK's NCSC Warns Government Agencies About Russian Antivirus Products

A branch of the UK intelligence forces has sent out a letter to UK government departments and agencies about the use of Russian antivirus software to protect computers that store classified information.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 02, 2017
- 08:14 PM
- 3
Google Will Block Third-Party Software From Injecting Code Into Chrome

Google has laid out a plan for blocking third-party applications from injecting code into the Chrome browser.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 30, 2017
- 07:00 PM
- 0
The Best Cyber Monday Antivirus, VPN, and Computer Security Deals

Below are the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday antivirus, VPN, and computer security deals being offered for the holiday. These promotions have deep discounts from various antivirus companies and deals on VPNs, Pastebin, and even Shodan!
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 22, 2017
- 04:33 PM
- 6
Antivirus Engine Design Flaw Helps Malware Sink Its Teeth Into Your System

Several antivirus products are affected by a design flaw that allows malware or a local attacker to abuse the "restore from quarantine" feature to send previously detected malware to sensitive areas of the user's operating system, helping the malware gain boot persistence with elevated privileges.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 10, 2017
- 03:35 PM
- 2
Android's New Google Play Protect System Miserably Fails First Security Test

Google's new Play Protect security system did not survive its first real-world tests, and the system was ranked dead last in an experiment carried out by German antivirus testing lab AV-Test.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 26, 2017
- 04:20 AM
- 2
New "Illusion Gap" Attack Bypasses Windows Defender Scans

Security researchers from CyberArk have discovered a new technique that allows malware to bypass Windows Defender, the standard security software that comes included with all Windows operating systems.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 28, 2017
- 03:00 AM
- 0
Chinese Mobile Antivirus App Caught Siphoning User Data

Google removed — and then reinstated — one of the most popular mobile antivirus apps on the Play Store after security firm Check Point discovered that the app was secretly collecting device data from users' smartphones.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 19, 2017
- 06:23 AM
- 2
Avast Buys Piriform, the Company Behind CCleaner and Recuva

Avast, today's largest vendor of security software, has acquired Piriform, a UK-based company that is behind many successful desktop and mobile apps, such as CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy, and Defraggler.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19, 2017
- 03:15 PM
- 12
Owners of "VirusTotal-for-Crooks" Service Arrested

Ruslans Bondars and Jurijs Martisevs, two Latvian citizens, are facing charges in the US for running a portal that allowed cybercrooks to scan and see if their malware was detected by antivirus software.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 06, 2017
- 11:00 AM
- 3
US Senate Takes Jab at Kaspersky, Russia Takes Jab at Non-Russian AVs

Russian lawmakers are drafting a bill that would prohibit the use of Western antivirus products inside the country. If approved, the law will come into effect by mid-2019.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 06, 2017
- 04:03 AM
- 1
VirusTotal Is Getting a New UI

VirusTotal, the go-to source for most of today's infosec intelligence, will get a new user interface (UI) in the coming months.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 15, 2017
- 01:37 PM
- 3
Police Arrest Owner and Six Customers of Malware Crypter Service

Europol announced today that police across Europe arrested six users who were customers of a malware crypter service and a counter anti-virus platform developed by a 22-year-old German man.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 14, 2017
- 12:05 PM
- 0
Avast Antivirus Update Blocks Internet Access

An update to the Avast antivirus has blocked users' ability to access the Internet, most customers needing to disable the antivirus in order to be able to get online (and complain to Avast).
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 11, 2017
- 11:50 AM
- 5
Kaspersky Denies Report It Might Help Russian Government Spy on US Citizens

In an article published yesterday, ABC News cited congressional sources who claimed the Senate Intelligence Committee had started an investigation into Kaspersky Lab's relationship with the Russian government.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 10, 2017
- 06:35 AM
- 5
Webroot Antivirus Goes Off the Rails and Flags Windows System Files as Malicious

The Webroot antivirus went berserk yesterday late afternoon, as it flagged core Windows system files as malicious, and even started moving some of the affected files into quarantine, trashing customer computers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 25, 2017
- 03:20 AM
- 15
New Attack Uses Microsoft's Application Verifier to Hijack Antivirus Software

A new technique named DoubleAgent, discovered by security researchers from Cybellum, allows an attacker to hijack security products and make them take malicious actions.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 21, 2017
- 03:45 PM
- 9