Kutshanje, iKaspersky Lab ifumanise uhlaselo lwe-cyber olungaqhelekanga olunokuthi luchaphazele malunga nesigidi sabasebenzisi beelaptop kunye neekhompyuter zedesktop ye-ASUS. Uphando lubonise ukuba i-cybercriminals yongeza i-backdoor kwi-ASUS Live Update utility, esetyenziselwa ukuhlaziya i-BIOS, i-UEFI kunye nesofthiwe ye-motherboards yenkampani yaseTaiwan kunye neelaptops. Ukulandela oku, abahlaseli baququzelele ukusasazwa kwesixhobo esilungisiweyo ngokusebenzisa amajelo asemthethweni.
I-ASUS iqinisekise le nyaniso ngokupapasha inqaku elikhethekileyo leendaba malunga nohlaselo. Ngokwengxelo esemthethweni yomenzi, uHlaziyo oluPhila, isixhobo sohlaziyo lwesoftware yezixhobo zenkampani, sasiphantsi kohlaselo lwe-APT (Advanced Persistent Threat). Igama elithi APT lisetyenziswa kushishino ukuchaza abaduni bakarhulumente okanye, ngaphantsi kwesiqhelo, amaqela olwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo.
"Inani elincinci lezixhobo zafakwa ngekhowudi ekhohlakeleyo ngohlaselo oluntsonkothileyo kwiiseva zethu zoHlaziyo lweLive ngelizama ukujolisa iqela elincinci kunye nelithile labasebenzisi," utshilo u-ASUS kwingxelo yeendaba. "Inkxaso ye-ASUS isebenza nabasebenzisi abachaphazelekayo kwaye ibonelela ngoncedo lokusombulula izoyikiso zokhuseleko."
"Inombolo encinci" iphikisana nolwazi oluvela kwiKaspersky Lab, eyathi ifumene i-malware (ebizwa ngokuba yi-ShadowHammer) kwiikhomputha ezingama-57. Kwangaxeshanye, ngokweengcali zokhuseleko, ezinye izixhobo ezininzi zinokugqekezwa.
U-ASUS uthe kwingxelo yeendaba ukuba i-backdoor isusiwe kuguqulelo lwamva nje lwe-Live Update utility. I-ASUS ikwatsho ukuba ibonelela nge-encryption ebanzi kunye nezixhobo ezongezelelweyo zokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko ukukhusela abathengi. Ukongeza, i-ASUS yenze isixhobo esibanga ukuba siya kugqiba ukuba ngaba inkqubo ethile ihlaselwe, kwaye ikhuthaze abasebenzisi abachaphazelekayo ukuba baqhagamshelane neqela layo lenkxaso.
Uhlaselo kuxelwe ukuba lwenzeka ngo-2018 kangangesithuba seenyanga ezintlanu, kwaye iKaspersky Lab yafumanisa indawo yangasemva ngoJanuwari ka-2019.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru