However, in its press release today, ASUS downplayed this estimate and said that just 'a small number of devices have been implanted with malicious code.' Initial assessments by Kaspersky Lab and Symantec estimated the number of infected users ranging between 500,000 and 1,000,000 users. The company's statement comes after tech news site Motherboard revealed yesterday that a group of nation-state hackers compromised ASUS' Live Update infrastructure and delivered a backdoored version of the ASUS Live Update tool. The company said ASUS Live Update v3.6.8 'introduced multiple security verification mechanisms to prevent any malicious manipulation in the form of software updates or other means, and implemented an enhanced end-to-end encryption mechanism.'ĪSUS also said it updated and strengthened its 'server-to-end-user software architecture to prevent similar attacks from happening in the future.' ASUS: Only notebook users were targeted How some developers are screwing up open-source softwareĪSUS Live Update version 3.6.8 contains the aforementioned fixes, the hardware vendor announced in a press release today.

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