Attackers behind SolarWinds hack managed to guess passwords
According to the American Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the attackers behind the SolarWinds hack also attempted to guess passwords. Some of these attempts were successful.
In an update to its message about the SolarWinds hack, the CISA indicates that password guessing,... Read more
NSA and FBI: Russia was behind SolarWinds hack
Several American security instances agree that Russia was behind the hack on SolarWinds' software. In doing so, they counter President Trump's claims that China is behind the hack.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Office of the D... Read more
SolarWinds hack infected hundreds of US government networks
As more research is conducted into the hack on SolarWinds' Orion software, the attack's apparent scale appears to be increasing. Hundreds of networks within the US government were affected.
According to The New York Times, the hack hit up to 250 networks within the US government. Initially, this... Read more
SolarWinds hack may have started earlier than previously thought
The hackers behind the attack on the SolarWinds Orion software may have set up the attack earlier than initially thought. Until now, researchers assumed that the attackers entered the SolarWinds systems around March or April.
This is what Mark Warner, the senator in Virginia, tells Reuters. Warn... Read more
SolarWinds hackers used Microsoft resellers to breach targets
The supposedly Russian hackers behind the worst cyberattack in U.S. history in years used reseller access to Microsoft services to reach their targets, who were not using the compromised SolarWinds network management software.
SolarWinds updates to its Orion software were the known point of entr... Read more
SolarWinds hack also hit Cisco, Intel, Nvidia, VMware and Belkin
The Wall Street Journal asked several companies asking whether they had been affected by the malware contained in SolarWinds Orion. This appears to be the case with multiple large IT companies.
The newspaper writes that network company Cisco, chip designers Intel and Nvidia, accounting firm Delo... Read more
Second hack found in SolarWinds software
Security researchers have found a second hack in the SolarWinds Orion software. The hack is less advanced and, according to the researchers, was carried out by a different group.
The second hack, which has been given the name Supernova, is a .NET web shell, ZDNet writes. Attackers used it to dow... Read more
Microsoft also hit by SolarWinds hack
Microsoft has disclosed that the hacked SolarWinds software also ended up on equipment within Microsoft. The company has found no indication that the hack was actually used to steal data from Microsoft.
In a short article, Reuters announced that Microsoft was also affected by the SolarWinds hack... Read more
Microsoft takes precautions to minimize abilities of SolarWinds hack
Microsoft has taken a number of measures to prevent the hack on SolarWinds from working. The company has seized a domain and blocked the software with Microsoft Defender.
A coalition of several other companies seized the domain avsmcloud.com and made sure it ended up in the hands of Microsoft. T... Read more
Investigation into SolarWinds hack in full swing
Thousands of companies and various government organisations are looking for clues that they have been affected by the hack on the SolarWinds software. Presumably Russian hackers had built a backdoor into the company's Orion software.
Some Reuters sources have reported that the hackers have been ... Read more