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Microsoft President Brad Smith (Photo: Microsoft) More than 1,000 developers likely worked on rewriting code for the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack that affected many companies and U.S. government agencies, Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a Sunday interview, pointing out the attack is most likely continuing. In an interview with CBS News "60 Minutes," Smith said the supply chain attack was "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen." The U.S. federal agen...

Anne Neuberger will now oversee the investigation into the SolarWinds supply chain attack. The Biden administration has appointed Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, to coordinate the investigation into the cyberattack that targeted SolarWinds and other organizations, following criticism from two senators that the probe has lacked coordination and transparency. On Wednesday, Emily Horne, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council. confirm...

Photo: Mathew Schwartz What if there was something more insidious than hackers stealing data and crashing computers? For example, what if the hacking forced victims to lose faith in the reliability and security of digital tools, thus driving them to use analog alternatives that result in a massive slowdown of essential social processes - such as the nations court system? Enter the SolarWinds supply chain attack, in which suspected Russian spies successfully planted a backdoor in widely used Ori...

Microsoft Releases New Info on SolarWinds Attack Chain Threat actors went to elaborate lengths to maintain operational security around second-stage payload activation, company says. More than one month after the SolarWinds breach that impacted numerous organizations was first uncovered, new details of the sophisticated operation continue to trickle out. The latest information comes from Microsoft, which this week released details of its analysis of the tactics used by the threat actors to activ...

"One of the great challenges we face — in the United States, in particular — is the relative asymmetry of the threat in cyber," she said in response to senators questions. "It is relatively easy for adversaries to hold at risk what are high-value assets to the United States given how much we rely on cyber and digital work for our economy, for our security [and] for so many different issues." In the wake of the SolarWinds supply chain attack that has led to thousands of compromises at compan...

20 January 2021, 3:45 am EST By Messaging apps are incredibly important these days as people are still unable to freely meet in person to talk, whether about personal things or any work/school-related stuff, but according to a security researcher, some of the apps we are using arent as safe as we think they are. (Photo : Pexels) Logic Bugs Found in Messaging Apps In a report by Bleeping Computer, Google Project Zero security researcher Natalia Silvanovich has found vulnerabilities in several m...

Protesters gather around the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo: Tyler Merbler via Wikipedia/CC) President Donald J. Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday on a charge of inciting an insurrection, one week after a riot at the U.S. Capitol led to the deaths of five people. Many experts don’t believe the impeachment will have a direct impact on cybersecurity. But they warn that the ongoing turmoil surrounding the White House could create fresh opportunities...

President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives on a charge of inciting an insurrection after a riot at the U.S. Capitol led to the deaths

The SolarWinds’ Orion breach, which is believed to have affected 18,000 organizations, led to follow-on attacks on government agencies and others. Although the agencies did not name the hacking group responsible, The Washington Post and other news media outlets have reported that the threat actor is likely a Russian APT known as APT29 or Cozy Bear. Russia has denied playing any role the attack (see: Dormancy Issue Kaspersky researchers say they found three overlaps between Sunburst and Kazua...

Get Permission The U.S. federal court system is investigating an "apparent compromise" of a confidential electronic filing system used for sensitive legal documents, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The courts also have suspended their use of the hacked SolarWinds Orion network monitoring platform. In addition, the courts are immediately changing their security procedures, temporarily accepting sensitive legal documents only on paper or via secure devices, such as thu...