Vendor Says Daemon Tools Supply Chain Attack Contained
The software developer has identified the impacted systems, removed potentially compromised files, and validated installation packages. The post Vendor Says Daemon Tools Supply Chain Attack Contained appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Daemon Tools developer Disc Soft has confirmed falling victim to an intrusion that led to a targeted supply chain attack.
The incident came to light earlier this week, when Kaspersky warned that thousands of computers might have been infected with malware after downloading trojanized versions of Daemon Tools from the official website.
According to Kaspersky, Chinese-speaking threat actors injected Daemon Tools iterations released between April 8 and May 5 with code designed to download and execute an information collector.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/vendor-says-daemon-tools-supply-chain-attack-contained/
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