Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2021
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 SolarWindsâ Orion Network Management products that the IT company provides to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices. Mimecast was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2021
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
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
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2021
Top executives of the software firm SolarWinds blamed an intern for having used a weak password for several years, exposing the company to hack. Top executives of the SolarWinds firm believe that the root cause of the recently disclosed supply chain attack is an intern that has used a weak password for several years. Initial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2021
Microsoft announced the release of open-source CodeQL queries that it experts used during its investigation into the SolarWinds supply-chain attack Microsoft has announced the availability of open-source CodeQL queries that the IT giant used during its investigation into the SolarWinds attack. In early 2021, the US agencies FBI, CISA, ODNI, and the NSA released a joint […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2021
The US is going to respond to the SolarWinds supply chain attack within weeks, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. The US will respond within weeks to the devastating SolarWinds supply cyber attack, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. “We are in the process now of working through, with the intelligence community and [President […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2021
Microsoft announced that SolarWinds hackers could have had access to repositories containing some components used by Azure, Intune, and Exchange. Microsoft announced that the threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack could have had access to repositories containing the source code for a limited number of components used by Azure, Intune, and Exchange. In […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2021
Microsoft says it found 1,000-plus developers’ fingerprints on the SolarWinds attack Microsoftâs analysis of the SolarWinds supply chain attack revealed that the code used by the threat actors was the work of a thousand developers. Microsoft president Brad Smith provided further details about the investigation of the SolarWinds supply chain attack, the companyâs analysis of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
Alleged China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to hack systems at the U.S. National Finance Center. FBI investigators discovered that allegedly China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to break into the systems of the U.S. National Finance Center. The National Finance Center is a federal […]
