Ethical Hacker hacked almost every anti-virus software & turn them off.

Ethical Hacker hacked almost every anti-virus software & turn them off.

Ethical Hacker hacked almost every anti-virus software & turn them off.

An antivirus software is supposed to protect you from malicious threat, but what if the protection  could be silently turned off or disabled before a threat can even be neutralized. What if the protection could be manipulated to perform certain file operation that would allow the operating system to be compromised by the attacker.

Researchers uncovered simple flaw that is existed in nearly 28 antivirus software that allow malware authors to exploit the system and disabled the antivirus software also turn them into Self-destructive tools. The bug abusing the directory junction (Windows ) and same links (  macOS and Linux ) operation and used it to perform the exploitation.

Ethical Hacker hacked almost every anti-virus software & turn them off.

Ethical Hacker hacked almost every anti-virus software & turn them off.

What most of the antivirus software fail to take into consideration is the small window of times between the initial file scan that detect the malicious file and the cleanup operation that take place immediately after. A malicious local user or a malware author is often able to perform a race condition via directory junction (Windows) or same link ( Linux and macOS ) that leverages the privileged file operation to disable the antivirus software or interfere with operating system to render it useless etc. The researches explain.

List of Antivirus which is found to be Vulnerable:

Linux

• BitDefender GravityZone.
• Comodo Endpoint Security.
• Eset file Server Security.
• F-Secure Linux Security.
• Kaspersy Endpoint Security.

Windows

• Avast Free Anti-Virus.
• Avira Free Anti-Virus.
• Comodo Endpoint Security.
• F-Secure Computer Protection.
• FireEye Endpoit Security.

macOS

• AVG.
• BitDefender Total Security
• Eset Cyber Security.
• Kaspersy Internet Security.
• McAfee Total Protection.

All the affected anti-virus vendors are individually confirmed and almost every anti-virus vendor mentioned on this page is now patched. Users are recommended to apply the release patch for the respect anti virus that you are installed on your computer.   

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