Vulnerabilities found in popular PC antiviruses

New research from cybersecurity experts Rack911 Labs revealedthat 28 well-known antivirus programs, including Kaspersky, Microsoft Defender and McAfee, had or still have security holes that could allow attackers to delete files from a computer and install malware remotely BY.

And it's not just about Windows. Many antiviruses for macOS and Linux make computers equally vulnerable - hackers only need to use different approaches depending on the OS.

The researchers note that in order to work with this exploit, an attacker still needs to download and run on the vulnerable computer code (or force the user to do it) before using this PC remotely. So this is more of a tool for exploiting a vulnerability bypassing antivirus software than a hacking method per se.

Rack911 Labs notified the developers of this antivirus software of the existing problem at least 6 months ago. At the time of publication of the report, many developers (including AVG, F-Secure, McAfee and Symantec) have already patched these holes - and not all of them advertised this to users.