Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack
Security researchers at Kaspersky say they have identified a malicious backdoor planted in the popular and long-running Windows disc imaging software, Daemon Tools.
The Russian cybersecurity company said on Tuesday that data collected from computers around the world running the Kaspersky antivirus software shows a “widespread” attack is under way, targeting thousands of Windows computers running Daemon Tools.
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Ha... I remember back in the early 00's when Daemon tools was the backdoor of choice, we have come full circle.
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I haven’t used Daemon Tools since Windows started supporting the mounting of ISO files about 15 years ago
I wonder how many people still use windows xp...
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To many....
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It's all about that Alcohol 120%. Kids these days.
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There's a blast from the past. Haven't heard about either daemon or alcohol in a good decade haha.
Bygone era haha
Probably closer to two.
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Daemon and Alcohol brings back a lot of good memories ❤️
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@MGarbis - you might confuse people a little bit longer if you took off the padding in your signature. Possibly consider running through ceasar as well.
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What is Daemon Tools typically used for?
Read the first sentence of the first post.
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disc imaging software
https://www.daemon-tools.cc/
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Personally, if I had the need for anything like that again for XP, I'd use virtual clone drive. https://www.elby.ch/en/products/vcd.html
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What do you expect, if some tools arent updated for years (5-10y)
At least clonedrive got updated in 2025 after 5 years fixed a vuln.
The installer was altered on April 8th, doodt. https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/daemon-tools-supply-chain-attack.html
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That was one of the easiest. 😃
This is harder, but can be solved without AI. Of course AI decode it very fast...
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