Feb 19, 2021 04:26 EST with 1 comment
In 2020, there was a major global cyberattack, spanning across the United States federal departments, the UK, the European Parliament, and thousands of other organizations. It was reported to have been triggered by supply chain attacks on three major firms: SolarWinds, Microsoft, and VMware, where attackers were able to access private documents and emails. The attack was dubbed Solorigate by Microsoft with President Brad Smith calling it a moment of reckoning . Now, the company has shared a final update on its Solorigate investigation.
Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Security, Compliance, and Identity Vasu Jakkal has concluded that while nation-state actors were able to compromise some initial security procedures, they were then stopped by a unified team of human and digital defenders . She also clarified that the company has found no proof of customer data or production services being breached. Furthermore, the invest
Lebanon Cedar described. Lazarus Group conned vulnerability researchers. Containing Solorigate. Self-organizing crowds?
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Russia s FSB warns of heightened threat of US cyberattack. Solorigate and ICS. OPC flaws. SonicWall discloses cyberattack.
Gamarue schools remote learners. Lessons from Solorigate. New Zealand central bank delays reporting. RDDoS rising.
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The speed of automation and hacker expertise is a security game changer.
Today developers largely outnumber security engineers by 100:1 and there are few people with access to security expertise. Turning to ethical hackers for knowledge to bolster security toolboxes is a growing trend in the community. Detectify CEO Rickard Carlsson discusses how security startups are challenging conventional cybersecurity solutions using the speed of automation and hacker expertise, and how these game changers are involving d