eScan Antivirus Update Mechanism Exploited to Spread Backdoors and Miners – [email protected] (The Hacker News)

– [[{“value”:”A new malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus software to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners like XMRig through a long-standing threat codenamed GuptiMiner targeting large corporate networks.
Cybersecurity firm Avast said the activity is the work of a threat actor with possible connections to a North Korean hacking group dubbed “}]]  – Read More  – The Hacker News