Padlokr – Padlokr – Federal government agencies, from the Treasury Department to the National Nuclear Security Administration, have been compromised by the attack. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Paulo Shakarian, Arizona State…
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SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware
One year after the disruptive supply-chain attacks, researchers have observed two new clusters of activity from the Russia-based actors that signal a significant threat may be brewing. One year after…
How Decryption of Network Traffic Can Improve Security
Most industry analyst firms conclude that between 80-90 percent of network traffic is encrypted today. Jeff Costlow, CISO at ExtraHop, explains why this might not be a good thing. Strong…
SolarWinds hackers, Nobelium, hit cloud providers and resellers
So far, Microsoft has informed 140 companies about the new attack campaign being carried out by Nobelium 14 of which were compromised by the group. The IT security researchers at…
SolarWinds hackers, Nobelium, once again strike global IT supply chains, Microsoft warns
Microsoft has warned that Nobelium, the hacking group behind the SolarWinds fiasco, has targeted at least 140 resellers and technology service providers in global IT supply chains. On October 24,…
North Korea targeted cybersecurity researchers using a blend of hacking and espionage
Padlokr – Padlokr – North Korea has a long history of hacking targets in the U.S. Chris Price/Flickr, CC BY-ND Paulo Shakarian, Arizona State University North Korean hackers have staged…
Microsoft warns of Nobelium hackers using FoggyWeb backdoor
Microsoft has warned of a new FoggyWeb backdoor being used by Nobelium, the same state-sponsored hacking group believed to be responsible for SolarWinds supply-chain attacks. According to Microsoft, the notorious…
SUNBURST backdoor malware: What it is, how it works, and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
SUNBURST is a supply chain attack that takes advantage of a backdoor implanted in a supplier to target and compromise organizations indirectly around the globe. Orion, the SolarWinds software that…
Snort demo: Finding SolarWinds Sunburst indicators of compromise
Introduction to SolarWinds and Sunburst The SolarWinds hack is one of the biggest security incidents of recent years. After cyberthreat actors gained access to SolarWinds’ network, they implanted a backdoor…