Poisoned cPGuard update hits thousands of web hosting servers

An attacker has compromised the update infrastructure of cPGuard, a security suite for Linux web hosting servers, and pushed out a malicious update to nearly 3,000 customer servers. OPSShield, the company behind the security suite, also confirmed that the attacker made off with customer contact information and hashed passwords from the firm’s billing and licensing server.

Summary from Help Net Security.