Hackers Can Inject Malicious Code into Antivirus to Create a Backdoor
Executive summary A recently disclosed technique demonstrates how attackers can inject malicious code into antivirus (AV) processes to create a stealthy backdoor. By cloning AV services, hijacking Windows cryptographic provider settings, and loading a signed malicious DLL into a protected AV process, an adversary can run code with high privileges inside a trusted process severely complicating detection and removal. The technique is currently demonstrated as a proof-of-concept, but the implications are high: if weaponized, attackers could turn endpoint protection into a persistent, stealthy foothold. 🧠Overview What if the very software that’s meant to protect your computer becomes the reason it gets hacked? That’s exactly what security researchers have discovered — a shocking new method that lets attackers inject malicious code directly into antivirus programs , turning them into powerful backdoors for full system control. This new attack shows that even antivirus s...