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By JORDAN ROBERTSON, KARTIKAY MEHROTRA AND WILLIAM TURTON | Bloomberg News | Published: December 19, 2020 WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — A vast number of investigations are underway inside federal agencies and private-sector companies to determine the extent of a broad cyber-attack by suspected Russian hackers, an effort that will likely spill well into the Biden administration before anyone can determine the full extent of the damage. With the number of potential hacking victims in the thousands, a major challenge for investigators is determining which ones were the focus of a more...

» Microsoft says it was hit by the SolarWinds cyberattack but has not found evidence its products or customer data were affected Microsoft says it was hit by the SolarWinds cyberattack but has not found evidence its products or customer data were affected Jeff Elder,Ashley StewartDec 18, 2020, 16:59 IST Microsoft's CEO Satya NadellaTobias Schwarz/Getty Images Microsoft on Thursday said it was hit by the sweeping SolarWinds cybersecurity hack, but the company denied a Reuters report indicating its products and services may have been compromised. Reuters reported that Microsoft's services may...

Reuters/Brendan McDermid This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Spread via an IT management vendor called SolarWinds, signs of a highly sophisticated cyberattack have popped up in multiple government agencies. Experts say the "supply-chain" attack was hugely expensive and sophisticated to execute, pointing to a nation-state attacker.  Yet the attack does not amount to "cyberwar," and should not provoke an escalated response – even as officials say it came from Rus...

Here, women in tech attend a hacker career fair. (Gunjan Sondhi/CC BY-SA 4.0) Despite the complexity of skills required to properly address information security, candidates are rarely put to the test before hiring – opening companies up to a range of risks, from simple workforce churn to breaches. The problem, say community recruiters and trainers, is not simple failure to bother: effective evaluation of cyber candidates often takes a mix of technology and expertise that few employers have at their disposal, not to mention a skills gap already makes qualified candidates difficult to find...