CCleaner attack by hackers aimed at major tech companies, researchers say

A malware attack on CCleaner, an app used by millions to optimise computer performance, was aimed majorly at tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Samsung, researchers have revealed.

The hackers according to the researchers were able to install a second piece of malicious software on computers at major tech companies around the world.

The companies targeted include heavyweights and according to the Talos threat intelligence team, a group of cybersecurity experts at Cisco.

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The experts also claim that their company was also on the list of targeted tech platforms.
The targets represent many of the most important companies responsible for making the internet work, making the hacking attack much more serious.

News of the hacking attack broke Monday, when Talos and Avast each announced that hackers had inserted malicious software into legitimate updates of CCleaner, a product that clears out unneeded software applications and cookies from PCs to make them run more efficiently.

 

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