I have ASUS hardware but wasn't affected by this attack. Still, probably won't be going ASUS for my next build. It is interesting that the attackers would have knowledge of the hardware but still...
Kamluk said Kaspersky notified ASUS of the problem on January 31, and a Kaspersky employee met with ASUS in person on February 14. But he said the company has been largely unresponsive since then and has not notified ASUS customers about the issue.
I have ASUS hardware but wasn't affected by this attack. Still, probably won't be going ASUS for my next build.
“They were not trying to target as many users as possible,” said Kamluk. “They wanted to get into very specific targets and they already knew in advance their network card MAC address, which is quite interesting.”
It is interesting that the attackers would have knowledge of the hardware but still use this more circuitous route to gain access. I don't know enough to speculate on why, though.
I have ASUS hardware but wasn't affected by this attack. Still, probably won't be going ASUS for my next build.
It is interesting that the attackers would have knowledge of the hardware but still use this more circuitous route to gain access. I don't know enough to speculate on why, though.