New vulnerability in antivirus software

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    "New vulnerability uses antivirus software to infect systems with malware...

    Abusing the Restore from Quarantine feature

    Austria-based security auditor Florian Bogner discovered the vulnerability and dubbed it AVGater. It essentially works by relocating malware from an AV quarantine folder to a sensitive location on a victim’s system...

    Bogner, who works for Kapsch, says he has notified the vendors of all the antivirus programs that contained the flaw. Some of the companies have released updates that address the issue, including Emisoft, Ikarus, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Trend Micro, and ZoneAlarm...

    https://www.techspot.com/news/71841...ntivirus-software-infect-systems-malware.html

    "New exploit uses antivirus software to help spread malware..."

    https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/exploit-uses-antivirus-software-to-spread/
     
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