Microsoft: We've found three more pieces of malware used by the SolarWinds attackers
Microsoft has named the threat actors as Nobelium, continuing its tradition of naming notable nation-state hacking groups after chemical elements, such as Russia's Strontium, China's Barium, Iran's Phosphorus, and North Korea's Thallium. Until now, Microsoft and security vendor FireEye had identified Sunburst (which Microsoft called Solorigate) and Teardrop malware. In January, security firm CrowdStrike found Sunspot, a piece of software dedicated to monitoring the build server for build commands that assembled Orion. Orion is the SolarWinds network monitoring software that Nobelium a...
Source: zdnet.com
