Hackers hijack antivirus updates to drop GuptiMiner malware

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Hackers hijack antivirus updates to drop GuptiMiner malware

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months ago

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North Korean hackers have been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to plant backdoors on big corporate networks and deliver cryptocurrency miners through GuptiMiner malware.

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IoCs available here. Some of them with no detection on VT.

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