- Oct 2, 2011
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CCleaner confirms data breach via MOVEit attack
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- Dec 12, 2016
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Okay so counting for the next breach started
every few years new CCleaner breach
every few years new CCleaner breach
Wasn't it just a few years ago that the CCleaner app was infected with a virus?
Even if this was the fault of a software bug, it doesn't look good on them, especially since the company was bought by Avast who you think would be aware of these kinds of things.
Even if this was the fault of a software bug, it doesn't look good on them, especially since the company was bought by Avast who you think would be aware of these kinds of things.
- May 27, 2013
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- Jan 8, 2011
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A bonus feature for paying customers and businesses.
- Apr 4, 2021
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Norton reported that my e-mail was shared through this attack ... Although I don't even remember having any account associated with ccleaner. I wonder how I can request free services now that I've been affected? 
By the way, F-Secure hasn't told me anything about my primary email being leaked yet.
By the way, F-Secure hasn't told me anything about my primary email being leaked yet.
Information is liquid gold. The lines between cyber criminals and legit business get blurred with this. Privacy is just a pipe dream on the internet. Can you stop privacy issues, short response, no. Can you control what services you use and what you divulge on the internet, yes.
- Apr 24, 2016
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From Wilders:
www.wilderssecurity.com
So, it seems that Avast customer data is also leaked.
CCleaner confirms data breach via MOVEit attack
CCleaner, a popular software for cleaning files and Windows Registry entries, has confirmed that attackers accessed some of its customer data. Users on...
www.wilderssecurity.com
- Aug 17, 2013
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"For now, the company is offering affected users six months free of the BreachGuard dark web monitoring software"
So .... let me get this straight ... Avast software has a data breach on it's paid version of CCLeaner but yet , even though it is 6 months free, they are gonna offer BreachGuard, which is also owned by Avast , that will also nag you to buy it to monitor your information , which is pretty safe to say is PROBABLY already out there from the breach.
Seems kind of condescending of them
This is a company supposedly known for it's security software , yet they cannot even protect their own payment system ..... pfft, yea , that's something I want installed on my system . They can't even brand CCleaner with their name on it , they still have to use the Piriform name . otherwise people wouldn't buy it!
I don't know why people still believe in CCLeaner, the day Avast took it over is they day it went straight down the sh!tter.
So .... let me get this straight ... Avast software has a data breach on it's paid version of CCLeaner but yet , even though it is 6 months free, they are gonna offer BreachGuard, which is also owned by Avast , that will also nag you to buy it to monitor your information , which is pretty safe to say is PROBABLY already out there from the breach.
Seems kind of condescending of them
This is a company supposedly known for it's security software , yet they cannot even protect their own payment system ..... pfft, yea , that's something I want installed on my system . They can't even brand CCleaner with their name on it , they still have to use the Piriform name . otherwise people wouldn't buy it!
I don't know why people still believe in CCLeaner, the day Avast took it over is they day it went straight down the sh!tter.
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- May 29, 2018
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i dont know why people still believe in system utilities, windows is capable of doing everyting itself , if you need separate program to clean up cookies, just use auto remove in exit in most browsers available
- Apr 7, 2016
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I downloadet Ccleaner from Piriforms own site yesteday, and Eset found dirt again. I never use Ccleaner again. I remember the data breach, but generally there has been too many problems with Ccleaner.
I thought you should know.
I thought you should know.
- Mar 16, 2019
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Isn't it caused by a MOVEit vulnerability! Why is everyone bashing CCleaner & Avast on this particular case? More than 100 companies and many more institutes were affected by it.
- Aug 22, 2013
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Move to Privazer
- Jan 8, 2011
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What does Privazer solve that CCleaner and other data cleaners cannot?Move to Privazer
Marketing hype from the XP-era, when everyone used 5400 RPM HDDs and slower RAM.
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- Aug 17, 2013
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When a company known for security software gets caught with their pants down , it kind of speaks volumes about it's security capabilities. It don't really care how many other companies that were affected by this vulnerability , security companies should have the upper hand on things like this. It really is kind of embarrassing for them.
- Nov 9, 2022
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This is not true, when the exploit is in the software of another company and this exploit will never be caught by any AV company, simply because its not a virus or malware.
So dont talk nonsense. The issue is with MoveIT and not with any company that uses its software, MoveIT is responsible for their own coding. So they need to patch or resolve or shut down.
Maybe users should look at articles like this and realize, that even large multi million dollar companies with great security have issues. If hackers want a target, they will pound at it and find a way. This kind of thing even happens to security suite companies as well.
The 72 Biggest Data Breaches of All Time [Updated 2023] | UpGuard
Our updated list for 2023 ranks the 72 biggest data breaches of all time, ranked by impact. Learn from their mistakes to avoid costly damages.
www.upguard.com
Norton LifeLock says thousands of customer accounts breached | TechCrunch
The cybersecurity company said the credential stuffing attack may have allowed intruders access to customer-saved passwords.
techcrunch.com
Comodo Certificate Issue – Follow Up – Mozilla Security Blog
This is a follow-up to the previous Mozilla report about the fraudulent certificates issued by Comodo last week. On 15th March 2011, a RA partner of the Comodo CA suffered ...
blog.mozilla.org
These are just examples. Breaches, data stolen, hacks, they happen, often.
- Aug 22, 2013
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- Apr 7, 2016
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Move to Privazer
Did you read my post? The reason I wanna change, is because Ccleaner still have problems with malware. Another possibility is it’s a FP. But Eset do pretty good regarding FPs so I trust Eset in this case.
While I still agree with my take of it not looking good for Avast, the fact that it was a 0 day vulnerability should be mentioned too. There was no patch prior to the breaches.
My university was even affected by it, but I only got a notification that my email was harvested, not the password.
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