5/28/2023 0 Comments Ccleaner piriform criticism![]() Piriform has confirmed in a blog post that two versions of the software released in August are compromised. ![]() Hackers injected malicious program into the CCleaner to get access to the system files, Piriform’s main product CCleaner was bought in July by Avast, one of the leading security vendors, Avast said they had 130 million users at the time of the deal.Ĭisco’s Telos researchers said a version of CCleaner software downloaded in August had remote administration tools which tried to connect to several unregistered web pages, assuming that to download additional illegitimate programs.Ĭar Keys will be replaced with mobile appsĬraig Williams Talos researcher said it was an innovative attack because it managed to penetrate into the trusted supplier similar to the June’s attack “NotPetya” on the companies which downloaded infected accounting software. It cleans the hard drive and memory to speed up the systems. ![]() Researchers have found out that hackers broke into the British Company Piriform’s free software CCleaner which is used for optimizing computer performance last month, potentially allowing hackers to control more than 2 million users, the company and researchers unveiled today-Reuters reported.ĬCleaner is legitimate software which is downloaded and used by millions of users around the world, the software is downloaded five million times a week.
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