A spokeswoman for the National Security Council disputed Congressional intelligence leaders’ characterization of the federal response to widespread unauthorized intrusion into federal and private-sector networks…
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Big Russian hack used a technique experts had warned about for years. Why wasn’t the U.S. government ready? – The Washington Post
Cybersecurity researchers had warned for years that such an attack was possible. Those from one firm, FireEye, even released hacking tools in 2019 showing exactly…
Microsoft cloud may have caused SolarWinds hack – ACS
Problems with Microsoft cloud may have helped exacerbate the SolarWinds attack. Image: Shutterstock Microsoft may have unwittingly played a bigger role than initially thought in…
Employees can create major security headaches for CISOs – Information Age
The cyber security challenge, including the rise of a new kind of insider threat and more people-centric attack targeting, is expanding for CISOs in the…
Mimecast Breach Linked To SolarWinds Hack, Allowed Cloud Services Access – CRN
Mimecast’s certificate compromise was carried out by the same threat actor behind the SolarWinds attack and gave hackers access to customers’ on-premises and cloud services.…
SonicWall Breached Via Zero-Day Flaw In Remote Access Tools – CRN
SonicWall disclosed Friday night that highly sophisticated threat actors attacked its internal systems by exploiting a probable zero-day flaw on the company’s secure remote access…
The Hack Roundup: Trump Orders U.S. Cloud Providers to Log Foreign Users – Nextgov
The Trump administration cited security breaches sweeping U.S. government agencies and tech companies in imposing some awesome responsibilities on certain cloud service providers on its…
More UNC2452 activity, with some advice on defense. Chimera’s after airlines. President Trump’s final EO addresses IaaS abuse. – The CyberWire
Malwarebytes has disclosed that it was hit by the same “nation state actor implicated in [the] SolarWinds breach.” Note that this isn’t another victim of…
Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes was breached by SolarWinds hackers – Business Insider – Business Insider
SolarWinds hackers attacked cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, ZDNet reported. The company’s software remains “safe to use,” the CEO said. Malwarebytes adds to a growing list of…
Malwarebytes said it was hacked by the same group who breached SolarWinds – ZDNet
Image: Malwarebytes US cyber-security firm Malwarebytes today said it was hacked by the same group which breached IT software company SolarWinds last year. Malwarebytes said…