Security News > 2017 > September > Hackers behind CCleaner compromise were after Intel, Microsoft, Cisco
2017-09-21 17:45
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 →
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