Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinApr 23, 2024, 5:03 pm92 pts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers abused an antivirus service for five years in order to infect end users with malware. The attack worked because the service delivered updates over HTTP, a protocol vulnerable to attacks that corrupt or tamper with data as it travels over the Internet. The unknown hackers,…

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