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As investigations continue about the backdoor that was planted in CCleaner, Avast said it has found that the actors behind the attack were planning to install a third round of malware on compromised computers. Continue reading CCleaner Attackers Intended To Deploy Keylogger In Third Stage
Two members of Avast’s threat intelligence team shared new information about the CCleaner backdoor attack. Continue reading Inside the CCleaner Backdoor Attack
Deloitte suffers an embarrassing hack, CCleaner spreads malware, and Twitter explains why it isn’t planning to ban Donald Trump from Twitter anytime soon.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by comput… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #045: Deloitte fail, CCleaner, and dotards on Twitter
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Infected CCleaner Software Attack that Affected 700,000 Customers is part
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There is a new twist in the CCleaner hack saga: the attackers apparently didn’t set out to compromise as many machines as possible. A covert, highly targeted attack According to Cisco, their actual targets were computers at a number of huge tech companies like Intel, Microsoft, Linksys, Dlink, Google, Samsung and Cisco, telecoms such as O2 and Vodafone, and (the odd man out) Gauselmann, a manufacturer of gaming machines. Cisco researchers came at this conclusion … More → Continue reading Hackers behind CCleaner compromise were after Intel, Microsoft, Cisco
A highly advanced hacking group infected more than 2 million computers with a backdoor implant in order to reach only a select few companies in order to steal trade secrets and intellectual property, according to analysis provided to CyberScoop and new findings published by cybersecurity firms Cisco and the affected vendor, Avast. Researchers believe the hacking group may be a advanced persistent threat (APT) tied to China, although the early evidence is inconclusive. An investigation is ongoing between Avast, its subsidiary Piriform and the FBI. If the operation was in fact backed by Beijing, it would likely violate a 2015 agreement made between the U.S. and China that halted economic espionage between the two countries. Accurate attribution at this stage of the probe remains difficult, experts say. “The attack was targeting select large technology and telecommunication companies in Japan, Taiwan, UK, Germany and the U.S.,” Avast chief technology officer Ondřej Vlček wrote […]
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The CCleaner Hack is blowing up, with it initially estimated to be huge, it’s hit at least 700,000 computers and is specifically targeting 20 top tech organisations including Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Akamai, Samsung and more for a second, more intrusive and pervasive layer of infection.
This could be classified as slightly ironic too as CCleaner is extremely popular software for removing crapware from computers, it was a clever assumption that a corrupt version would find itself installed in some very high-value networks.
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The group of unknown hackers who hijacked CCleaner’s download server to distribute a malicious version of the popular system optimization software targeted at least 20 major international technology companies with a second-stage payload.
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Security researchers say hackers were able to booby-trap a popular tool offered by Czech cybersecurity firm Avast to remotely install a backdoor implant on millions of computers, according to new research by Cisco’s Talos team. A sabotaged software update mechanism in an outdated version of the file clean-up software program CCleaner allowed for a hacker to covertly download malicious code onto computers. The backdoor left infected devices open to future attacks and other malware. The news illustrates how hackers are actively targeting and in some cases, successfully exploiting vulnerabilities in the supply chains of prominent software vendors. The latest version of CCleaner was released in mid-September. The affected version, CCleaner 5.33, was only available for download for about one month. Piriform, a British software firm acquired by Avast in July, originally developed CCleaner. The program is predominantly used on computers running Windows, although there’s also a version for MacOS. “We […]
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If you have downloaded or updated CCleaner application on your computer between August 15 and September 12 of this year from its official website, then pay attention—your computer has been compromised.
CCleaner is a popular application with over 2 billion downloads, created by Piriform and recently acquired by Avast, that allows users to clean up their system to optimize and enhance
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