The second payload Cisco Talos researchers discovered was a malware attack targeted against big technology organizations like Cisco, VMware, Samsung, and others. However, it did collect and encrypt info that might be used to do harm to your system in the future. It did not actively harm your computer system. The malware was built to steal users’ data. Simply put, the news is this: A hacker “breached CCleaner’s security to inject malware into the app and distribute it to millions of users”, as reported by The Verge.
The technical description was too complicated to understand. a second payload was found that affected 64-bit Windows users). Two days later, those researchers posted another article with their continued research on C2 and payloads (i.e.
“For a period of time, the legitimate signed version of CCleaner 5.33 being distributed by Avast also contained a multi-stage malware payload that rode on top of the installation of CCleaner.” In September 2017, researchers at Cisco Talos published a post stating that