Antivirus Is as Vulnerable as Any Other Product

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by cnople, Jul 28, 2014.

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  1. cnople

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    This is why they are perfect target for hackers that want to get full access to your system.
    That's a surprise to me. I never thought that they don't implement this basic security mechanism to their update process. There is even an AV product that sends username and password (that are required for update) over http. That AV company doesn't even seem to acknowledge this as a security problem :confused:
     
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    LOL, ESET comes to my mind.
     
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    And the table footballers come to my mind.
     
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    Yes, that's the one I was thinking about.
     
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    0-days found in Symantec Endpoint Protection
    http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17185
     
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    http://www.scmagazine.com/symantec-...s-enable-privilege-escalation/article/363657/
     
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    No software will ever be perfect.. And no software will ever replace common sense, even if common sense is a dieing breed.
     
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    Scary article, it makes one wonder that all they care about is getting your money.
     
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    Nonsense. AV software is still software like any other, of course it will still have bugs. You should see how sloppy malware is written 99% of the time... its also just a software.
     
  12. guest

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    It's not about software bugs. It's about vulnerabilities on purpose. In what way you define component and signature updating only through plain HTTP as a software bug?
     
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    And what difference does it make? If one is to brick the AV, they'll do it with HTTPS just the same.
     
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    But the consequences are much worse when they screw up.
     
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    At least it would decrease the chance of an attack to be successful plus it's more honourable for the vendors/developers to put real efforts instead of keep adding registry cleaners and gaming/movie/work/whatever profiles.
     
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    Even Snake Oil does not detect malware day in day out, that's just not realistic, in a real world.
     
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    "On 1 March 2014, Joxean Koret tweeted some of his findings. ESET proactively contacted him to learn more about the issue. ESET resolved the problem and published an update in less than three days. ESET always welcomes researchers who follow responsible disclosure procedures of bugs and issues. While we do everything possible to ensure that products are fault free, sadly no software is perfect,“ said Jakub Debski, Head of Core Technology Development at ESET
     
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