Kamfanin Czech Cybersecurity Firm Avast Software, mamallakin mashahurin mai ba da rigakafin software na AVG Technologies NV, kwanan nan ya bayyana a cikin wata sanarwa cewa an yi kutse amma kamfanin yayi nasarar yaki da harin.
Waɗanda ke bayan harin sun sami damar samun damar ta hanyar lalata takardun shaidansu keɓaɓɓiyar hanyar sadarwa daga ma'aikacin da basu da kariya ta amfani da ingantattun abubuwa biyu. Bayan samun dama, dan gwanin kwamfuta ya sami damar gatan mai gudanarwa kuma yayi ƙoƙarin saka malware a cikin hanyar Avast.
An fara gano harin ne a ranar 23 ga Satumba, inda dan damfara ya sami gatan mai gudanarwa kuma ya haifar da faɗakarwar tsarin cikin gida, kodayake Avast ya lura cewa ɗan fashin yana ƙoƙarin samun dama tun ranar 14 ga Mayu kuma an bi diddigin ɗan fashin daga adireshin IP na jama'a a Burtaniya.
Duk da haka, Ta hanyar haɓaka gata mai nasara, ɗan gwanin kwamfuta ya sami damar gatan mai gudanarwa. Haɗin haɗin an yi shi ne daga IP ɗin da aka shirya a wajen Burtaniya kuma sun ƙaddara cewa maharin kuma ya yi amfani da wasu ƙarshen ƙarshen ta hanyar mai bayarwa VPN.
Avast ya ruwaito cewa dan dandatsan yana shirin kai hare-haren su ne musamman zuwa ga kayan aikin “CCleaner” tare da malware wanda ya baiwa wadanda ke bayansa damar leken asiri kan masu amfani da shi.
Wannan harin an yi shi ne da nufin keta CCleaner ta hanyar da ta dace da lamarin inda a baya aka yi kutse a 2017 a cikin abin da aka yi imanin cewa harin ne da gwamnati ta ɗora wa kamfanoni masu fasaha.
Shaidun da muka tattara sun nuna aiki a kan MS ATA / VPN a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, lokacin da muka sake nazarin faɗakarwar MS ATA game da ayyukan aika aika mugunta daga IP na ciki wanda ke cikin zangon adireshin VPN ɗinmu, wanda asalin an hana shi tabbataccen ƙarya.
A cikin wani abin birgewa, bayan da ya gano dan dandatsa a cikin hanyar sadarwar sa, Avast ya baiwa dan fashin damar kokarin ci gaba na tsawon makonni, a halin yanzu, toshe duk wasu abubuwan da ake son cimmawa tare da daukar damar yin nazarin dan fashin kamar kokarin neman mutumin ko kungiyar da ke bayan hack.
Kayan aiki da aka lalata al'ada ne, amma wasan kyanwa da bera na Avast tare da gwanin kwamfuta ba sabon abu bane. Avast ya dakatar da sakin sabuntawa don CCleaner a ranar 25 ga Satumba don tabbatar da cewa ɗayan abubuwan sabuntawar ku bai taɓa damuwa ba ta hanyar tabbatar da cewa ƙididdigar da ta gabata ma ta sami matsala.
A cikin layi daya tare da sa ido da bincike, muna tsarawa da aiwatar da matakai masu ƙyama don kare masu amfani da ƙarshen mu da tabbatar da amincin yanayin ƙirar samfuran mu da tsarin ƙaddamarwar mu.
Kodayake mun yi amannar cewa CCleaner shine mai yuwuwar kaiwa hari kan kayan masarufi, kamar yadda lamarin yake a rikicin CCleaner a cikin 2017, mun ƙaddamar da babbar hanyar sadarwa a cikin ayyukanmu na gyarawa.
Daga wannan ranar har zuwa 15 ga Oktoba Avast, Ina amfani da wannan damar don gudanar da bincikenku. Daga baya ya fara aikawa da sabuntawa (kamar na Oktoba 15) daga CCleaner tare da sake sanya hannu kan takardar shaidar tsaro, tabbata cewa software ɗinku ba lafiya.
"A bayyane yake cewa da zaran mun fitar da sabon sigar da aka sanya wa hannu na CCleaner, za mu yi niyya ne ga masu aikata mugunta, don haka a wancan lokacin, mun rufe bayanan VPN na wucin gadi," in ji Jaya Baloo, Babban Jami'in Tsaro na Watsa Labarai a shafin na Avast. “A lokaci guda, muna musaki da sake saita duk takardun shaidarka na cikin gida. Lokaci guda, mai tasiri nan da nan, mun aiwatar da ƙarin bincike don kowane juzu'i «.
Bugu da kari, in ji shi, kamfanin ya ci gaba da kara karfafawa da kare kewayensa.s don ayyukan kasuwanci da ƙirƙirar samfuran Avast. Kamfanin kare yanar gizo da ake yiwa kutse ba kyakkyawan hoto bane, amma ana ɗaukar gaskiyar sa da kyau.
A ƙarshe, idan kuna son ƙarin sani game da bayanin da Avast ya bayar game da shi, kuna iya tuntuɓar sa a mahada mai zuwa.