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:
Her attacks Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) are attacks that take place at a national level and are usually initiated by a few countries that target certain international organizations or agencies rather than consumers.
ASUS Live Update is a proprietary tool that the laptops ASUS to ensure that the system will always have the latest drivers and firmware from ASUS.
A small number of devices have therefore been found with malware 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 affected users and providing assistance in removing the security risks.
ASUS has also developed an update for Live Update software, and added many security verification mechanisms to prevent malicious manipulation. It also implemented an improved end to end encryption mechanism. At the same time, we have updated and strengthened the server software architecture to prevent similar attacks in the future.
In addition, we created a on-line security diagnostic tool to check the affected systems. We encourage users who are still concerned to run the tool as an added 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 let's say APT attacks can be sophisticated and target targeted violations, but this does not justify the hack of such an important service as ASUS Live Update. In the end the consumer pays and demands to be safe.
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