![]() ![]() The compromised Asus Live Update utility was signed with an older but still legitimate Asus digital signature. It was later disclosed that mainly Asus laptops were affected by this incident.Īn older version of the Asus Live Update utility was compromised by unknown attackers so that it would inject a backdoor within the Asus Live Update utility when it was running. While primarily users in Asia and Russia were targeted a graph of victim’s distribution by country shows users within South America, Europe and the US. This number was later revised to possibly affecting just over a million users. This incident took place from June to November 2018 and was initially thought to have affected approximately 60,000 users. ![]() When did this attack take place and what was affected? If you are affected, contact Kaspersky, contact Asus or use the anti-malware tools to try attempt removal of the backdoor ( defined) yourself. ![]() If you know how to obtain the MAC address of your network card manually you can use the online tool. TL DR: If you own or use any Asus laptop or desktop system, please check if your device is affected using the downloadable tool from Kaspersky (which checks the MAC address ( defined) of your network card). Earlier last week the security vendor Kaspersky detailed their initial findings from the compromised supply chain of the Taiwanese hardware vendor Asus. ![]()
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