The CCleaner hack that took place over the summer and came to light this week might have been carried out by an infamous cyber-espionage group, believed to be operating out of China, and which ...

Update: On September 25, Avast confirmed that of the 18 companies targeted, a total of 40 computers were successfully infected with a secondary malware installation at the following companies: Samsung ...

Two members of Avast’s threat intelligence team shared new information about the CCleaner backdoor attack. MADRID—As the investigation continues into the backdoor planted inside CCleaner, two members ...

Several major technology companies were targeted by malicious code injected into Avast-owned Piriform CCleaner software prior to release in a supply chain compromise. Earlier this week, Piriform said ...

A mere two months ago, Czech antivirus company Avast acquired Recuva, Speccy, and CCleaner developer Piriform for an undisclosed amount of money. Apparently, CCleaner in particular has been a tad of a ...