Mass CCleaner malware attack actually targeted tech giants
Infected CCleaner planted backdoor in computers at Microsoft, Intel, Samsung and other tech giants.
Infected CCleaner planted backdoor in computers at Microsoft, Intel, Samsung and other tech giants.
It sounds like a smartphone user's worst fear: Software that starts up before the phone's operating system, intercepting and encrypting every byte sent to or from the flash memory or the network interface. This is not some new kind of ransomware, though, this is the D4 Secure Platform from Cog Systems.
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