PSA: Security issue: If you have an Asus Z390-based system running and the Asus updater utility.

From the r/intel subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/b5cpo7/z390_boards_hackers_hijacked_asus_software/

More on Shadowhammer: https://securelist.com/operation-shadowhammer/89992/

In the media: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...o-install-backdoors-on-thousands-of-computers

I also raised a similar concern on this forum last year concerning the suspicious nature of Armor Crate: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/questions-about-asus-armour-crate.825769/

 

Yea, seen that posted on Discord ;-) Yet another reason you should remove as much manufacturer's bloatware as you can from your PCs and laptops.