ASUS official response to the iGuRu.gr publication

25 in March of 2019, we published "ASUS Live Update has been distributing malware for months". Today we had an immediate response from ASUS via email for this publication. According to the company:asus live

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks are attacks at a national level and usually start from a few countries targeting certain international organizations or institutions rather than consumers.

ASUS Live Update is a proprietary tool for ASUS notebooks to ensure that the system always has ASUS's latest drivers and firmware.

A small number of devices have therefore been found with malicious code through a sophisticated attack on the Live Update servers in an attempt to target a very small and specific group of users. ASUS customer service is contacting those affected and provides assistance in removing security risks.

ASUS has also developed an update for the Live Update application software, and added several security verification mechanisms to prevent any malicious manipulation. It also implemented an improved end to end encryption mechanism. At the same time, we have updated and strengthened its architecture servers to prevent similar attacks in the future.

In addition, we've created an online security diagnostic tool to test the affected systems. We encourage users who are still worried about running the tool as an additional precaution.

Those interested can download it here: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps_for_Win10/ASUSDiagnosticTool/ASDT_v1.0.1.0.zip

From iGuRu.gr we should mention that APT attacks may be sophisticated and aim at targeted breaches, but this does not justify the hacking of such an important ς όσο το ASUS Live Update. Στην τελική ο καταναλωτής πληρώνει και απαιτεί να είναι s.

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