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Daemon Tools Developer Confirms Software Was Trojanized

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Feed Name: Infosecurity Magazine (News)

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-05-07

Date Updated: 2026-05-07

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Disc Soft confirmed a supply-chain compromise of Daemon Tools Lite installers (affected version 12.5.1) distributed from April 8; the company removed the compromised build and released a verified clean version (12.6). Kaspersky telemetry reported thousands of infection attempts worldwide and detected targeted second-stage deployments — including the Quic RAT — against a dozen victims in sectors such as retail, science, government and manufacturing, prompting vendor remediation and user mitigation guidance.

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