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Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack
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Kaspersky has raised alarms over a significant cybersecurity threat, suspecting that Chinese hackers have implanted a backdoor into Daemon Tools, a widely used software for Windows. The cybersecurity firm reports thousands of attempts to exploit this vulnerability, with at least a dozen confirmed successful infiltrations following the installation of malicious versions of the program.
The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.
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