In an interview with CBSNews, Microsoft President Brad Smith said the recent attack on SolarWinds was “the largest and most sophisticated he has ever seen.” According to him, the analysis of the hack carried out by the company’s specialists suggests that more than 1,000 developers worked on this attack. At the same time, Smith says… Continue reading Microsoft Says Over 1,000 Developers Worked on SolarWinds Attack
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Experts discovered SolarLeaks website with data stolen in a recent massive hacker attack
Bleeping Computer reports the discovery of the SolarLeaks website (solarleaks[.]net), where unidentified individuals claim to be selling data allegedly stolen from SolarWinds, Microsoft, Cisco, and FireEye during a recent supply chain attack. Just to recap, in December 2020, it was revealed that unknown hackers attacked SolarWinds, infecting its Orion platform with malware. Out of the… Continue reading Experts discovered SolarLeaks website with data stolen in a recent massive hacker attack
Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers hunted for access to cloud resources
Microsoft continues to investigate the supply chain attack that SolarWinds and its customers have suffered this year. Microsoft analysts reported that SolarWinds hackers were hunting for access to cloud resources. Let me remind you that unknown hackers attacked SolarWinds and infected its Orion platform with malware. Among the victims were such giants as Microsoft, Cisco,… Continue reading Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers hunted for access to cloud resources
SolarWinds was hacked because its credentials were publicly available on GitHub
Earlier this week was reported a massive attack on the supply chain that affected SolarWinds and its customers. SolarWinds may have been hacked because its credentials were publicly available on GitHub for a while. The list of victims continues to grow, and it is now known that hackers have compromised: American information security company FireEye;… Continue reading SolarWinds was hacked because its credentials were publicly available on GitHub
Ransomware attacks most often occur at night and on weekends
According to a report published by the American company FireEye, 76% of all ransomware attacks in the corporate sector occur in the off-hours: 49% of them are recorded at night on weekdays, and another 27% at weekends. This data is based on dozens of ransomware incident investigations from 2017 to 2019. “In 76% of incidents… Continue reading Ransomware attacks most often occur at night and on weekends
Unknown hacker patches vulnerable Citrix servers
Recently, in the public domain appeared exploits for the critical vulnerability CVE-2019-19781, earlier found in the Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway). Now it was reported that an unknown hacker accesses vulnerable Citrix servers and patches them. Recall that according to experts, this problem threatens 80,000 companies in 158 countries… Continue reading Unknown hacker patches vulnerable Citrix servers