Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
The U.S. CISA reveals that many of the victims of the SolarWinds hackers had no direct connection to SolarWinds. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that many of the organizations targeted by SolarWinds hackers had not direct link to the supply chain attack. “While the supply chain compromise of SolarWinds first highlighted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2021
Security vendors Fidelis, Mimecast, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualys revealed that were also impacted by SolarWinds supply chain attack The SolarWinds supply chain attack is worse than initially thought, other security providers, confirmed that they were also impacted. Mimecast, Palo Alto Networks, Qualys, and Fidelis confirmed to have installed tainted updates of the SolarWinds Orion […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2021
Russian authorities are alerting Russian organizations of potential cyberattacks launched by the United States in response to SolarWinds attack. The Russian intelligence agency FSB has issued a security alert this week warning Russian organizations of potential cyberattacks launched by the United States in response to the SolarWinds supply chain attack. The alert was issued after […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2021
Microsoft’s report provides details of the entire SolarWinds attack chain with a deep dive in the second-stage activation of malware and tools. Microsoft published a new report that includes additional details of the SolarWinds supply chain attack. The new analysis shad lights on the handover from the Solorigate DLL backdoor to the Cobalt Strike loader. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2021
Cybersecurity firm FireEye has released a report that sheds the light on the SolarWinds attack and the way hackers breached its networks. Cybersecurity firm FireEye has released a report that sheds the light on the SolarWinds attack and the way hackers breached its networks. The experts explained how the UNC2452 and other threat actors breached […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2021
Cyber security firm Malwarebytes announced that threat actor behind the SolarWinds attack also breached its network last year. Malwarebytes revealed today that SolarWinds hackers also breached its systems and gained access to its email. Malwarebytes joins the club of security firms that were hit by Solarwinds attackers, after FireEye, Microsoft, and CrowdStrike. The intrusion took […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2021
The threat actors behind the SolarWinds attack used malware dubbed Raindrop for lateral movement and deploying additional payloads. Security experts from Symantec revealed that threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack leveraged a malware named Raindrop for lateral movement and deploying additional payloads. Raindrop is the fourth malware that was discovered investigating the SolarWinds […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2021
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike announced to have discovered a third malware strain, named Sunspot, directly involved in the SolarWinds supply chain attack. According to a new report published by the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, a third malware, dubbed SUNSPOT, was involved in the recently disclose SolarWinds supply chain attack. SUNSPOT was discovered after the Sunburst/Solorigate backdoor and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2021
Experts have found some similarities between the Sunburst backdoor used in the SolarWinds supply chain attack and Turla’s backdoor Kazuar. Security experts from Kaspersky have identified multiple similarities between the Sunburst malware used in the SolarWinds supply chain attack and the Kazuar backdoor that has been employed in cyber espionage campaigns conducted by Russia-linked APT group Turla. The discovery […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2021
CISA revealed that threat actors behind the SolarWinds hack also used password guessing and password spraying in its attacks. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack also employed common hacker techniques to compromise the networks of the targeted organizations, including password guessing and password spraying. “Frequently, […]
