AVIRA

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2019
Experts found DLL Hijacking issues in Avast, AVG, and Avira solutions

Flaws in Avast, AVG, and Avira Antivirus could be exploited by an attacker to load a malicious DLL file to bypass defenses and escalate privileges. Security experts at SafeBreach Labs discovered flaws in Avast, AVG, and Avira Antivirus that could be exploited by an attacker to load a malicious DLL file to bypass defenses and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2016
Someone has pwned the Dridex botnet serving the Avira Antivirus

Unknowns have pwned the Dridex botnet and are using it to spread a legitimate copy of the Avira Antivirus software instead the malicious payload. This story is very intriguing, someone has hacked a portion of the dreaded Dridex botnet and replaced malicious links with references to installers for the Avira Antivirus. The Antivirus company denies […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2014
Avira – Critical CSRF flaw Vulnerability puts millions users at risk

Egyptian bug hunter discovered that Avira Website is affected by CSRF flaw that allows attackers to hijack users’ accounts and access to their online backup. What do you think about if tell you that an antivirus could represent a menace for your system? Antivirus like any other kind of software could be exploited by threat […]