Top antivirus hacked to push out a malicious update - find out if you're affected

• Users report issues with eScan antivirus
• Internal investigation found threat actor infiltrated systems
• Update servers were used to send out malware, so users warned to be on their guard

Popular antivirus program eScan was hijacjed to use as a malware launchpad, experts have warned.

MicroWorld Technologies, the company behind eScan, recently began receiving customer reports on issues surrounding the antivirus program.

After an internal investigation, the company determined that an unidentified threat actor broke into one of the update servers and used it to distribute a software update laced with malware.

Delivering a backdoor

“Unauthorized access to one of our regional update ...