Tag: Avast

URL:Blacklist (Avast)

URL:Blacklist is a name of detection that several antivirus programs use to…

Stephanie Adlam

URL:Scam (Avast)

URL:Scam is a generic detection name of a dangerous website, that appears…

Stephanie Adlam

Information Security Experts Published a PoC Exploit for a Vulnerability in Win32k

Information security experts have published a PoC exploit for a privilege escalation…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy

Chrome Extension ViperSoftX Steals Passwords and Cryptocurrency

A Windows malware designed to steal cryptocurrency and clipboard contents installs a…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy

Chrome 0-day Vulnerability Used to Attack Candiru Malware

Avast has discovered that DevilsTongue spyware, created by Israeli company Candiru, exploited…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy

Avast expert taught Smarter Coffee machine to ransom money

Back in 2015, experts from Pen Test Partners talked about a way…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy

Avast experts accidentally got source code for GhostDNS exploit

Avast analysts suddenly got the source codes for the GhostDNS exploit. The…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy