ASUS exploit
2019-03-25 16:48:22.248679+01 by
Dan Lyke
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Uh oh: Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers
The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through its trusted automatic software update tool after attackers compromised the company’s server and used it to push the malware to machines.
Apparently it was a targeted attack on 600 machines, using MAC address to identify the targets.
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