manual supply chain attack” by a nation state affecting its Orion Platform, which is used by a wide variety of public and private sector organizations for IT infrastructure monitoring and management. In this attack, adversaries were able to compromise the O...
Microsoftsaid in Decemberthat a second hacking group had exploited the SolarWinds software in an operation distinct from that of the alleged Russians. Microsoft did not identify the group, but described hacking tools that Spiral also used, including a malware known as Supernova. Advertisement “The...
The time it takes between when an attacker is able to gain access and the time an attack is actually discovered is often referred to as dwell time. According to a report released in January 2020 by security firm CrowdStrike, theaverage dwell timein 2019 was 95 days. Given that it took we...
attack network devices in an attempt to break into them or discover their community strings. SolarWinds has compiled an extensive list of known dictionaries used by hackers to compromise networks. You can use one of the built-in hacker dictionaries, import your own, or even mutate a dictionary...
Words in This Story cyberattack– n.an attempt by attackers s to damage or destroy a computer network or system hack – v. secretly accesses a computer system to get information or cause damage management – n.the control or or...
Behind the Attack: X.509 Certificates As the dust settles and more details emerge, one thing has become clear: attackers misused X.509 certificates and keys as apartof their toolkit to impersonate trust and avoid detection. It started with SolarWinds, but it doesn’t end there. ...
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The SolarWinds attack of 2020 was one of the most impactful cyberattacks on the US. Our interdisciplinary research team had the opportunity to observe and analyze the human aspects of the corresponding incident response as it unfolded. Four main themes were identified through a series of ...
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday became the latest government agency in the country to admit its internal network was compromised as part of the SolarWinds supply chain attack. "On December 24, 2020, the Department of Justice's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) learned...
xcv•December 28, 2020 1:20 PM @ O.P. It wasn’t a cyberattack in international relations terms, it was espionage. And the victim wasn’t just the US, it was the entire world. But it was massive, and it is dangerous. We’ve got to close the barn door. People put things out...