Hackers Hijacking Antivirus Updates to Deliver GuptiMiner

A sophisticated malware campaign has been compromising the update mechanism of eScan antivirus software to distribute malicious backdoors and cryptocurrency mining software. The campaign, dubbed GuptiMiner, has been linked to a threat actor with potential connections to the notorious Kimsuky group. GuptiMiner leverages a man-in-the-middle attack to exploit vulnerabilities in the update process of the […]

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