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ASUS Australia

25 Mar 2019 · National · Technology
Supply Chain Attack CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

A highly sophisticated supply chain compromise where attackers subverted the official ASUS Live Update utility infrastructure to push malware-laced software packages to hundreds of thousands of consumer endpoints globally, including targeted Australian targets.

Incident details

Organisation
ASUS Australia
Date
25 Mar 2019
Attack type
Supply Chain Attack
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Technology
State
National
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
ShadowHammer (APT)

Source

itnews.com.au ↗
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