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Faculty of Science and Information Technology => Recent Technologies and Trends in Software Engineering => Software Engineering => Cyber and Software Security => Topic started by: maruf.swe on March 29, 2019, 02:16:06 AM
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If users have an impacted devices, they need to immediately run a backup of their files and restore their operating system to factory settings, said ASUS
ASUS has expedited a patch for a major bug impacting thousands of PCs that allowed an advanced persistent threat group to launch a supply-chain attack dubbed “Operation ShadowHammer.” The vulnerability targeted a range of new ASUS PCs with a backdoor injection technique tied to the PC-maker’s faulty software update mechanism. The flaw was used to infect thousands of PC and was found by researchers at Kaspersky Lab and revealed Monday.
For More Details : https://threatpost.com/asus-patches-live-update-bug-that-allowed-apt-to-infect-thousands-of-pcs/143169/ (https://threatpost.com/asus-patches-live-update-bug-that-allowed-apt-to-infect-thousands-of-pcs/143169/)