Avast: Stolen VPN Credentials Led to CCleaner Attack Redux. The company says it believes it was the intended targeted of a carefully plotted intrusion executed between May and October. The previous attack in 2017 created a trojanized version of the utility to deliver a backdoor that targeted big name companies such as Akamai, D-Link Google, HTC, Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, Cisco and Cisco. The latest attack was thwarted, Avast says, and users of the free PC cleaning utility are protected.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/avast-stolen-vpn-credentials-led-to-ccleaner-attack-redux-a-13283