The breach was detected on May 19 and the impacted server was cleaned up the same day. It’s unclear what their goal was, Guilfanov said. ![]() The hackers tried to keep a low profile and collected key data silently. However, Ilfak Guilfanov, the original developer of IDA and founder of Hex-Rays, told SecurityWeek that this appears to be a targeted attack. In addition to replacing compromised key files, Hex-rays is advising customers to change their password on the forum and quotation system. Furthermore, these key files are tied to an email addresses and they can’t be used to receive software updates without having access to that account. The company has noted that not all license keys need to be replaced. Hex-Rays has issued new IDA license key files to replace the ones that have been compromised. Hex-Rays says there is no evidence that other information was obtained. ![]() The attackers might have also accessed the forum and quotation system. Hex-Rays licenses the commercial version of the solution, IDA Pro.Īccording to the company, malicious actors gained unauthorized access to license key (ida.key) files, which contain the customer’s name, email address, and product names. ![]() IDA is a popular disassembler that generates assembly language source code from machine-executable code. Hex-Rays, the binary software analysis company that develops Interactive Disassembler (IDA), says it has detected a breach on one of its servers.
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