Re:Bitdefender Anti-Virus: Heap Buffer Overflow via 7z LZMA
by FreakLegion on Friday August 25, 2017 @01:56PM
(#15100664)
> Security products flag cookies as malware
If you're saying cookies shouldn't be flagged by antivirus, that's wrong. Cookies can be associated with malware in any number of ways[1], although grayware (especially adware), which antivirus also flags depending on configuration, is a more likely culprit.
1. Check out PyExfil, for example: https://github.com/ytisf/PyExfil. Cookies for data exfiltration. DNS controls on firewalls are there for similar reasons.
If you're saying cookies shouldn't be flagged by antivirus, that's wrong. Cookies can be associated with malware in any number of ways[1], although grayware (especially adware), which antivirus also flags depending on configuration, is a more likely culprit.
1. Check out PyExfil, for example: https://github.com/ytisf/PyExfil. Cookies for data exfiltration. DNS controls on firewalls are there for similar reasons.