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 →
News URL
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/KFHnIL6cG_8/
Related news
- Cisco, Hitachi, Microsoft, and Progress Flaws Actively Exploited—CISA Sounds Alarm (source)
- Microsoft: North Korean hackers join Qilin ransomware gang (source)
- Microsoft Credits EncryptHub, Hacker Behind 618+ Breaches, for Disclosing Windows Flaws (source)
- Cisco Webex bug lets hackers gain code execution via meeting links (source)
- Russian Hackers Exploit Microsoft OAuth to Target Ukraine Allies via Signal and WhatsApp (source)
- Hackers abuse OAuth 2.0 workflows to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts (source)