SolarWinds

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2021
Microsoft: Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers breached three new entities

Microsoft discovered that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium, have breached the network of three new organizations. Microsoft revealed on Friday that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium or APT29, have conducted new cyber attacks against other organizations. Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2021
6 out of 11 EU agencies running Solarwinds Orion software were hacked

SolarWinds supply chain attack also impacted six European Union institutions, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration confirmed. European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn confirmed the hack of some EU agencies as result of the SolarWinds supply chain attack in a response to a question filed by an EU Parliament member in February 2021. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2021
US Gov sanctions Russia and expels 10 diplomats over SolarWinds hack

The U.S. and UK attributed with “high confidence” the recently disclosed supply chain attack on SolarWinds to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The U.S. and U.K. attributed with “high confidence” the supply chain attack on SolarWinds to operatives working for Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) (aka APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes). The UK, US […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2021
Email accounts of DHS members were compromised in the SolarWinds hack

Russian hackers accessed the email accounts of US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials as a result of the SolarWinds hack. Russia-linked hackers were able to access email accounts belonging to US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials during the SolarWinds supply chain attack.  “Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2021
Solarwinds Orion Platform updates fix two remote code execution issues

Solarwinds released security updates that address multiple vulnerabilities, including two flaws that be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. Solarwinds has released a major security update to address multiple security vulnerabilities affecting the Orion Platform, the one that was involved in the Solarwinds supply chain attack. The software vendors released the Orion Platform version 2020.2.5 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2021
CISA releases CHIRP, a tool to detect SolarWinds malicious activity

US CISA has released a new tool that allows detecting malicious activity associated with the SolarWinds hackers in compromised on-premises enterprise environments. US CISA released the CISA Hunt and Incident Response Program (CHIRP) tool, is a Python-based tool, that allows detecting malicious activity associated with the SolarWinds hackers in compromised on-premises enterprise Windows environments. Below […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2021
SolarWinds hackers stole some of Mimecast source code

Cybersecurity firm Mimecast confirmed that SolarWinds hackers who breached its network stole some of its source code. Back in December, the SolarWinds supply chain attack made the headlines when a Russian cyber espionage group tampered with updates for SolarWinds’ Orion Network Management products that the IT company provides to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices. Mimecast was […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2021
SUPERNOVA backdoor that emerged after SolarWinds hack is likely linked to Chinese actors

Supernova malware clues link Chinese threat group Spiral to SolarWinds server hacks Supernova malware spotted on compromised SolarWinds Orion installs exposed on the Internets is likely linked to a China-linked espionage group. Researchers at Secureworks’ counter threat unit (CTU) were investigating the exploit of SolarWinds servers to deploy the Supernova web shell when collected evidence […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2021
GoldMax, GoldFinder, and Sibot, 3 new malware used by SolarWinds attackers

Microsoft experts continue to investigate the SolarWinds attack and spotted 3 new strains of malware used as second-stage payloads. Microsoft announced the discovery of three new pieces of malware that the threat actors behind the SolarWinds attack, tracked by the IT giant as Nobelium, used as second-stage payloads. Microsoft’s initial investigation revealed the existence of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2021
Sunshuttle, the fourth malware allegedly linked to SolarWinds hack

FireEye researchers spotted a new sophisticated second-stage backdoor that was likely linked to threat actors behind the SolarWinds hack. Malware researchers at FireEye discovered a new sophisticated second-stage backdoor, dubbed Sunshuttle, while analyzing the servers of an organization that was compromised as a result of the SolarWinds supply-chain attack. The new malware is dubbed Sunshuttle, and it was […]