Number: AV19-057
Date: 27 March 2019
ASUS has released security updates to its proprietary Live Update tool. This tool is installed on ASUS notebooks to facilitate the download of the latest ASUS firmware and drivers. It was recently disclosed that malicious actors were able to compromise Live Update servers and plant malicious code masquerading as valid updates, which in turn propagated to ASUS notebooks connecting to these servers. Fixes for the Live Update tool include more stringent security measures with regard to vetting the integrity of the updates, enhanced encryption between the Live Update servers and the client notebooks, and the bolstering of the Live Update software infrastructure as a whole.
CCCS encourages users and administrators to review the ASUS webpage and apply the necessary updates:
https://www.asus.com/News/hqfgVUyZ6uyAyJe1
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