DAEMON Tools Supply Chain Attack Compromises Official Installers with Malware
According to research by Kaspersky, a recently discovered supply chain assault that targets DAEMON Tools software has infected its installers to serve a malicious payload.
According to Kaspersky researchers Igor Kuznetsov, Georgy Kucherin, Leonid Bezvershenko, and Anton Kargin, these installers are disseminated via the official DAEMON Tools website and are signed with digital certificates that belong to the DAEMON Tools creators.
Since April 8, 2026, the installers have been trojanized; the compromised versions range from 12.5.0.2421 to 12.5.0.2434. Kaspersky informed The Hacker News that just the Windows version of DAEMON Tools was affected, despite the fact that it is also available for Mac. As of this writing, the supply chain attack is ongoing. The software's creator, AVB Disc S...