ITWire

Avast's CCleaner software used to spread malware

Malicious attackers have been using CCleaner, a popular application that allows Windows users to perform routine maintenance on their systems and has been downloaded more than two billion times, to ...
Bleeping Computer

Poisoned CCleaner search results spread information-stealing malware

Malware that steals your passwords, credit cards, and crypto wallets is being promoted through search results for a pirated copy of the CCleaner Pro Windows optimization program. This new malware ...
ITWire

CCleaner malware: Avast admits it was wrong on payload

Czech cyber security company Avast has substantiated the findings by Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group that malware hidden in CCleaner, a popular application that allows Windows users to perform ...
Threat Post

Avast Network Breached As Hackers Target CCleaner Again

Avast said it believes that threat actors are again looking to target CCleaner in a supply chain attack. Czech antivirus vendor Avast on Monday warned that hackers were able to access its internal ...
CIOL

CCleaner malware had Google, Microsoft and Samsung on radar

The recent CCleaner malware outbreak where hackers used a popular PC clean-up tool to spread malware was perhaps a more targeted and sophisticated attack than it initially seemed. In an update on its ...
ZDNet

Avast: No plans to discontinue CCleaner following second hack in two years

Ever since it bought Piriform in July 2017, the CCleaner software has brought only headaches to Czech cybersecurity firm Avast. This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, ...
PC Magazine

Hackers Target Avast's CCleaner Again Using Stolen VPN Logins

Hackers Target Avast's CCleaner Again Using Stolen VPN Logins This comes two years after hackers stole trade secrets from high-profile tech firms by rigging version 5.33 of Avast's CCleaner with ...