The vulnerability plagues Asus Live Update, a utility tool that comes preinstalled on many Asus laptops and desktops. It ...
On Monday, we saw once again how criminals can exploit trust and use it as a weakness. Cybersecurity reporter Kim Zetter revealed that one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers, Taiwan-based ...
Hackers targeted and compromised “hundreds of thousands” of Asus computer owners by pushing a backdoored update software tool from the company’s own servers. The bombshell claims, first reported by ...
Today's news that hackers put backdoors into thousands of Asus computers using the company's own software update platform is a reminder of why supply-chain compromises are one of the scariest digital ...
A cybercriminal campaign focused on targeting the supply chain through the exploitation of ASUS Live Update software may have involved the installation of backdoors on over one million PCs. On Monday, ...
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An attack on the update system for ASUS personal computers allowed attackers to inject backdoor malware into thousands of computers, according to researchers at Kaspersky Labs. The attack, reported ...
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Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s not clear what the hackers were after. However, the hackers did seem to target specific Asus customers: the ...