Researchers Demonstrate Attack Method Immune to all AV Apps
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-05-10 16:19:15 214
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By Paul Lilly @ MaximumPC
Software security researchers at matousec.com say they've devised a way to bypass protection built into several of the most popular desktop antivirus products, including those offered by Avast, AVG, Avira, BitDefender, Comodo, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, Trend Micro,and several others. The way it works is by exploiting the driver hooks AV apps bury inside Windows. By sending a sample of benign code, they're able to bypass security checks, but before code is executed, it's replaced with malicious data.
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