Munguva pfupi yapfuura, Kaspersky Lab yakafumura isingawanzo cyber-kurwisa iyo inogona kunge yakanganisa vangangosvika miriyoni vashandisi veASUS laptop uye desktop makomputa. Ongororo iyi yakaratidza kuti macybercriminals akawedzera backdoor kune ASUS Live Update utility, iyo inoshandiswa kugadzirisa BIOS, UEFI uye software yemabhodhi ekambani yeTaiwanese nemalaptops. Zvichitevera izvi, vapambi vakaronga kugoverwa kweiyo yakagadziridzwa utility kuburikidza nematanho epamutemo.
ASUS yakasimbisa chokwadi ichi nekuburitsa yakakosha kuburitswa kwenhau maererano nekurwiswa uku. Zvinoenderana nechirevo chemugadziri, Live Update, chigadziriso chesoftware chemidziyo yekambani, chaive pasi pekurwiswa neAPT (Advanced Persistent Threat). Izwi rekuti APT rinoshandiswa muindasitiri kutsanangura matsotsi ehurumende kana, zvisingawanzo, mapoka ematsotsi akarongeka.
"Chiverengero chidiki chemidziyo chakabayiwa nekodhi ine hutsinye kuburikidza nekurwiswa kwakaoma kwesevha yedu yeLive Update mukuyedza kunanga boka diki uye rakananga revashandisi," ASUS akadaro mukuburitswa kwenhau. "ASUS Tsigiro iri kushanda nevashandisi vakakanganisika uye nekupa rubatsiro kugadzirisa kutyisidzira kwekuchengetedza."
Iyo "nhamba diki" inopokana neruzivo kubva kuKaspersky Lab, iyo yakati yakawana iyo malware (inonzi ShadowHammer) pamakomputa makumi mashanu nenomwe. Panguva imwecheteyo, sekureva kwenyanzvi dzezvekuchengetedza, mimwe michina yakawanda inogona kubiwa.
ASUS yakataura mukuburitswa kwenhau kuti backdoor yakabviswa kubva kune yazvino vhezheni yeLive Update utility. ASUS yakatiwo yakapa yakazara encryption uye mamwe maturusi ekuchengetedza ekuchengetedza kuchengetedza vatengi. Pamusoro pezvo, ASUS yakagadzira chishandiso chainoti ndicho chichaona kana imwe system yakarwiswa, uye yakakurudzira vashandisi vane hanya kuti vabate timu yayo yekutsigira.
Kurwiswa uku kunonzi kwakaitika muna 2018 kwenguva ingangoita mwedzi mishanu, uye Kaspersky Lab yakawana yekumashure muna Ndira 2019.
Source: 3dnews.ru