I-Czech Cybersecurity Firm Isoftware ye-Avast, umnikazi wesinikezeli se-antivirus software esidumile i-AVG Technologies NV, isanda kuveza esitatimendeni ukuthi igqekeziwe, kodwa inkampani yakwazi ukulwa nokuhlaselwa.
Labo abenze lokhu kuhlasela bakwazile ukuthola ukufinyelela ngokuyekethisa iziqinisekiso inethiwekhi yangasese ebonakalayo esisebenzini ebesingavikelekile kusetshenziswa ukuqinisekiswa kwezinto ezimbili. Ngemuva kokuthola ukufinyelela, isigebengu sikwazile ukuthola amalungelo okuphatha wesizinda futhi ngazama ukufaka i-malware kunethiwekhi ye-Avast.
Ukuhlaselwa kwaqala ukutholwa ngoSepthemba 23, lapho isigelekeqe sathola amalungelo omlawuli wesizinda futhi sabangela isexwayiso sohlelo lwangaphakathi, yize u-Avast aqaphela ukuthi isigebengu besilokhu sizama ukufinyelela kusukela ngoMeyi 14 nokuthi isigebengu salandelwa kukheli le-IP lomphakathi e-UK.
Nokho, Ngokukhuphuka kwelungelo eliphumelelayo, isigebengu sikwazile ukuthola amalungelo omlawuli wesizinda. Ukuxhumeka kwenziwa nge-IP yomphakathi ebibanjelwe ngaphandle kwe-UK futhi banqume ukuthi umhlaseli uphinde wasebenzisa ezinye iziphetho ngomhlinzeki ofanayo we-VPN.
U-Avast ubike ukuthi isigelekeqe besibhekise ekuhlaselweni kwabo ngqo maqondana nethuluzi "CCleaner" nge-malware evumele labo abangemva kwayo ukuthi bahlole abasebenzisi.
Lokhu kuhlasela bekuhloselwe ukwephula iCCleaner ngendlela efana necala lapho ibigqekeziwe phambilini e 2017 kulokho okukholelwa ukuthi kungukuhlaselwa okuxhaswe nguhulumeni okubhekiswe ezinkampanini zobuchwepheshe.
Ubufakazi esibuqoqile bakhomba ekusebenzeni kwe-MS ATA / VPN ngo-Okthoba 1, lapho sibuyekeza kabusha isexwayiso se-MS ATA sokuphindaphindeka kwezinsizakalo zemikhombandlela esivela ku-IP yangaphakathi ebingaphansi kwebanga lekheli lethu le-VPN, ekuqaleni elalikhishwe njenge i-positive engamanga.
Ngokuphambuka okumangazayo, ngemuva kokuthola isigebengu kwinethiwekhi yaso, u-Avast wavumela isigebengu ukuthi sizame ukuqhubeka amasonto, okwamanje, sivimbe konke okungaba khona futhi sithathe ithuba lokufunda lo mduni sengathi sizama ukuthola umuntu noma iqembu ngemuva i-hack.
Isoftware egejiwe ijwayelekile, kepha umdlalo we-Avast wekati negundane ne-hacker wawungajwayelekile. U-Avast wayeka ukukhipha izibuyekezo zeCCleaner ngoSepthemba 25 ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi azikho izibuyekezo zakho ezifakwe engozini ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinhlobo zangaphambilini ziye zathikanyezwa nazo.
Ngokuhambisana nokuqapha kanye nokuphenya kwethu, sihlela futhi senze izinyathelo ezisebenzayo zokuvikela abasebenzisi bethu futhi siqinisekise ubuqotho bemvelo yethu yomkhiqizo kanye nenqubo yethu yokuqalisa.
Yize besikholelwa ukuthi i-CCleaner iyona obekungahle ihlaselwe ekuhlaselweni kokuthengwa kwempahla, njengoba kwenzeka ekwephuleni i-CCleaner e-2017, sethule inethiwekhi ebanzi ezenzweni zethu zokulungisa.
Kusukela ngalolo suku kuze kube ngu-Okthoba 15 Avast, ngithatha ithuba lokuqhuba ucwaningo lwakho. Kamuva kwaqala ukuthumela izibuyekezo (kusukela ngo-Oct 15) kusuka kwaCCleaner ngesitifiketi sokusayina esisayinwe kabusha, ngiqinisekile ukuthi isoftware yakho iphephile.
"Kwakucacile ukuthi uma nje sikhipha inguqulo entsha esayiniwe ye-CCleaner, sizobe sikhomba abalingisi abanobungozi, ngakho-ke ngaleso sikhathi, savala imininingwane yesikhashana ye-VPN," kusho uJaya Baloo, oyiChief Information Security Officer e-Avast. Blog. “Ngasikhathi sinye, sikhubaza futhi sisethe kabusha zonke iziqinisekiso zomsebenzisi zangaphakathi. Ngasikhathi sinye, sisebenza ngokushesha, sisebenzise ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe kuzo zonke izinhlobo «.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uthe, inkampani iqhubekile nokuqinisa nokuvikela okuzungezile.s yokusebenza kwebhizinisi nokwenziwa kwemikhiqizo ye-Avast. Inkampani yokuphepha kwe-cyber egqekezelwa ayikaze ibe isithombe esihle, kepha ukusebenza kwayo obala kubhekwa njengokuhle.
Ekugcineni, uma ufuna ukwazi kabanzi ngayo mayelana nesitatimende u-Avast asinikeza ngakho, ungabheka kuso isixhumanisi esilandelayo.