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The Solorigate hack, which ensnared Microsoft, is finally coming to a close for the Redmond, Washington-based company. The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) team wrote a blog post explaining what they had found in the now-completed investigation following the SolarWinds ordeal. It seems that while hackers stole some files, it was not a big deal for Microsoft as this only reinforced the policies the company has in place. In December of last year, cybersecurity company FireEye discovered hackers had breached SolarWinds Orion, an IT administration and management software package. The hack was found to date back to Spring of 2020, meaning any Orion customer could have been infiltrated. This...
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Since December, a breach at I.T. administration and monitoring software company SolarWinds has been unfurling to reveal several serious security issues. Many companies and government organizations had data accessed and perhaps even stolen. Now, in an interview that gave an interesting insight into the situation, Microsoft's president Brad Smith called the hack the "largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen." SolarWinds Orion, as CBS's 60 Minutes explains, is "one of the most ubiquitous software products you probably never heard of, but to thousands of I.T. departments worldwide, it's indispensable." The software, which simplified I.T. administration and management, touted...
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The SolarWinds breach and subsequent attacks are shaping up to be the most elaborate and long-lasting attacks in some time. Microsoft has done a deep dive into the second stage of the attacks and has found that the attackers are both skilled and elusive. Overall, though, the deep-dive gives us a look into what transpired to make these attacks tick, and it is rather interesting. Once on a network through the Solorigate backdoor (SUNBURST), getting anything done requires new malicious software and a level of secrecy that can be difficult to maintain. Moreover, when executing an attack, you do not want to burn the entire bridge if discovered on a network. Thus, the SolarWinds hackers attempted to...
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