Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack

Security firm Kaspersky identified a backdoor embedded in Daemon Tools installers in a supply-chain attack that has been used to plant additional malware on targeted systems in retail, scientific, manufacturing and government organizations in Russia, Belarus and Thailand; the activity is linked to a Chinese-language speaking group, was first detected on April 8, and appears to be still active and capable of affecting thousands of computers.