Additionally, the CCleaner attack also cast a wide net in looking for a smaller population of specific targets. Select the program you want to remove and click the remove. Here, you can see a list of all the programs on your laptop. They also look for other consistent tells the group uses in its code across different campaigns, though Kaspersky doesn’t reveal details of these indicators. Open the Windows Start Menu, type configuration and open the Configuration window. But Kaspersky researchers see similarities in the way the Asus backdoor, the CCleaner backdoor, and other instances of ShadowPad were conceptually designed. Raiu adds the group that may be behind all of these attacks, known as Barium, rewrites tools for every large attack so scanners can’t detect them by looking for its old code signatures. What were the attacker’s intentions Unfortunately, even after extensive analysis it is unknown why the attackers targeted their chosen victim. The compromised Asus utility was available for download from two official Asus servers. Kaspersky’s Raiu says that the firm suspects the Asus incident is connected to a series of mostly thwarted 2017 ShadowPad attacks as well as the successful use of ShadowPad in the CCleaner compromise. The compromised Asus Live Update utility was signed with an older but still legitimate Asus digital signature. Tainted updates in otherwise legitimate software platforms have already wreaked havoc in big incidents like the May 2017 NotPetya outbreak and the June 2017 CCleaner compromise.
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