Security News > 2019 > March > Attackers compromised ASUS to deliver backdoored software updates

Unknown attackers have compromised an update server belonging to Taiwanese computer and electronics maker ASUS and used it to push a malicious backdoor on a huge number of customers, Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered. Judging by information hard-coded in the malware, the attackers’ aim was to compromise about 600 specific computers, but the malware it thought to have been ultimately delivered to over a million of users. Asus Live Updater was used in a big supply … More → The post Attackers compromised ASUS to deliver backdoored software updates appeared first on Help Net Security.

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