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Kaspersky: Asus shipped 'million-plus' pre-pwned PCs that downloaded backdoor from update server
2019-03-25 18:34

Hackers were interested in 600 or so targets, it is claimed Asus may have shipped more than a million computers with compromised firmware that downloaded and ran spyware on the machines, Kaspersky...

Supply-Chain Attack Used to Install Backdoors on ASUS Computers
2019-03-25 17:16

Hijacked Software Update Utility Could Have Impacted Over 1 Million ASUS Users Over 1 million ASUS users may have been impacted after attackers managed to inject a backdoor in the ASUS Live Update...

Some ASUS Updates Drop Backdoors on PCs in ‘Operation ShadowHammer’
2019-03-25 16:40

The attack appears to be associated with a China-backed APT actor.

Warning: ASUS Software Update Server Hacked to Distribute Malware
2019-03-25 16:18

Remember the CCleaner hack? CCleaner hack was one of the largest supply chain attacks that infected more than 2.3 million users with a backdoored version of the software in September 2017....

Attackers compromised ASUS to deliver backdoored software updates
2019-03-25 15:48

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...

Asus Router Flaws Disclosed by Several Researchers
2018-01-31 14:04

Several security researchers and companies have recently disclosed the details of potentially serious vulnerabilities they discovered in the past months in various Asus routers. read more

ASUS Patches Root Command Execution Flaws Haunting Over a Dozen Router Models
2018-01-25 23:40

ASUS patched a bug that allowed attackers to pair two vulnerabilities to gain direct router access and execute commands as root.

40 Asus RT routers open to attack through web interface vulnerabilities (Help Net Security)
2017-05-11 17:11

If you own an Asus RT wireless router, and you haven’t updated its firmware for a while, now is the time to do it. Researchers from Nightwatch Cybersecurity have revealed details and POC exploit...

ASUS Patches RT Router Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2017-05-11 14:15

ASUS updated the firmware in March of a number of its RT routers to address vulnerabilities found within the device’s native web interface.