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Malicious Code Present in “Piriform – CCleaner v5.33” – CleanUp

Malicious Code Present in “Piriform – CCleaner v5.33” – CleanUp

Piriform CCleaner is a system cleanup tool by Piriform, which is now owned by Avast. A suspicious activity  identified on September 12th, 2017, where an unknown IP address receiving data from software found in version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner. Later it was present that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner...

Sep 19, 2017By Kashinath T1 min read
Piriform CCleaner
Piriform CCleaner

Piriform CCleaner is a system cleanup tool by Piriform, which is now owned by Avast. A suspicious activity  identified on September 12th, 2017, where an unknown IP address receiving data from software found in version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner. Later it was present that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner was illegally modifying before it was releasing to the public. Therefore, a good vulnerability management tool can prevent these attacks.

The malicious code piriform ccleaner sent encrypted information about the infected machine to a C&C server that the hackers had set up. Among other things, the name of the computer, a list of installed programs and running processes, as well as the Mac addresses of the network adapters also received by the C&C. Vulnerability management system can resolve these issues.

This alone is not too sensitive information. However, the infected file opened a backdoor, allowing the attackers to load additional malicious software, such as keyloggers.

Click here to understand, how Saner can help organizations to protect against “Malicious CCleaner v5.33” and similar threat’s.

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