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"Operation ShadowHammer" ASUS supply chain attack infects up to 500,000

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Hey all,

I'm sure everyone's seen the news re: the ASUS supply chain attack (original story available on Motherboard here). But I wanted to share some high-level facts you can use to get up to speed or to talk about the attack with management/users/clients. I've also pulled together a list of things you can do to determine whether or not you're affected.

I'm ripping these from a post I wrote on the NinjaRMM blog. It has a bunch of additional details if you're interested:https://www.ninjarmm.com/blog/asus-supply-chain-attack-am-i-affected/

Hopefully this is helpful!

What happened? Quick facts:

  • Attackers compromised the ASUS Live Update Utility, which comes pre-installed on ASUS notebooks and automatically installs firmware and software updates.
  • They used the tool to deliver malware to ASUS machines from June 2018 to November 2018. Updates...

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