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Avast breached by hackers who wanted to compromise CCleaner again
2019-10-21 10:39

Czech security software maker Avast has suffered another malicious intrusion into their networks, but the attackers didn’t accomplish what they apparently wanted: compromise releases of the popular CCleaner utility. What happened? The discovery of the intrusion started with a security alert that flagged a malicious replication of directory services coming from an internal IP that belonged to the company’s VPN address range. “The user, whose credentials were apparently compromised and associated with the IP, did … More → The post Avast breached by hackers who wanted to compromise CCleaner again appeared first on Help Net Security.


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