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Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Malwarebytes hacked by SolarWinds attackers Becomes latest vendor implicated in the state attack Credit: Dreamstime Anti-malware software vendor Malwarebytes has become the latest technology company swept up in last year's attack on SolarWinds.  The US-based vendor admitted it has received notices of suspicious third-party activity from the Microsoft Security Response Centre on December 15.  According to Malwarebytes, t...

(Credit: Malwarebytes) The hackers behind the SolarWinds breach also infiltrated Malwarebytes, but they only managed to gain access to some internal emails, according to the antivirus provider’s investigation. The intrusion didn’t occur through SolarWind’s IT software, which Malwarebytes doesn't use. Instead, the attackers exploited the company's accounts with Office 365 and Microsoft Azure.  “We can confirm the existence of another intrusion vector that works by abusing applications with privileged access to Microsoft Office 365 and Azure environments,” Malwarebytes said in a blog...

Internal emails stolen in hack targeting cybersecurity company Malwarebytes Cybersecurity software firm Malwarebytes Inc. has been hacked and internal emails stolen. The hack, revealed today, is being attributed to the nation-state actor implicated in the Solar Winds Worldwide LLC breach, though Malwarebytes noted that it doesn’t use Solar Winds products itself. The intrusion vector involved attackers abusing applications with privileged access to Microsoft Office 365 and Azure environments. The emails stolen are described only as a “limited subset of internal co...