CCleaner hacked with malware: What you need to know
from PC world 18 September indexed on 18 September 2017 20:01It seems that CCleaner, one of PCWorld's recommendations for the best free software for new PCs, might not have been keeping your PC so clean after all. In an in-depth probe of the popular optimization and scrubbing software, Cisco Talos has discovered a malicious bit of code injected by hackers that could have affected more than 2 million users who downloaded the most recent update. On Sept. 13, Cisco Talos found that the official download of the free versions of CCleaner 5.33 and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191 also contained “a malicious payload that featured a Domain Generation Algorithm as well as hardcoded Command and Control functionality.” What that means is that a hacker infiltrated Avast Piriform's official build somewhere in the development process build to plant malware designed to steal users' data. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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