Up to 57,000 people using Kaspersky software were impacted, though it is believed that only 600 specific computers were originally intended as targets. The backdoor was given the name “ShadowHammer” and peaked between June and November 2018. According to Kaspersky, hackers apparently leveraged a back door attack and modified the ASUS Live Update Utility so it delivered a payload with malware - making it seem as though it was coming from official sources. The initial hack was first discovered in January and, in the period of five months, could have impacted up to one million different computers. That’s all according to a new report from researchers at the Russian-based cybersecurity company, Kaspersky Lab. If you own an Asus computer, your system might have been infected by malware distributed from the tool you typically use to update BIOS and install other important security patches.
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