APT actors are turning to exploits to launch attacks
May 3, 2021 Over the past three months, the major waves of advanced persistent threat activity have been driven by supply chain attacks and zero-day exploits. A compromise in SolarWind’s Orion IT software for monitoring IT infrastructures led to a custom backdoor being installed on more than 18 000 customer networks, while a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server led to new attack campaigns in Europe, Russia, and the US. These are among the most important findings from Kaspersky’s APT Q...
United States Ariel Jungheit Kaspersky Global Research Microsoft Exchange Server Global Research North America
Source: it-online.co.za