US plans ‘a mix of actions’ against Russia over SolarWinds cyberattack

Posted on 08/03/2021 by Engadget

The US is preparing to retaliate against Russia after determining the country was probably involved in the SolarWinds cyberattack. Without providing specifics, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed to CNBC that the government will carry out...

SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code for 3 products

Posted on 19/02/2021 by Engadget

Microsoft has been looking into the SolarWinds attacks after it discovered an unusual activity in its systems back in December. Now, the tech giant has completed its investigation and has determined that the hackers didn't get their hands on cust...

New White House website includes a hidden recruitment message for coders

Posted on 20/01/2021 by Engadget

With Joe Biden now the 46th president of the United States, the official White House website has gone live with an eye-catching new design. It’s fully responsive and even comes with a snazzy dark mode to match. And like all good websites, it also com...

SolarWinds hackers also targeted security specialist Malwarebytes

Posted on 20/01/2021 by Engadget

American security company Malwarebytes has revealed that it was targeted by the same “nation state actor implicated in SolarWinds breach.” The firm says it doesn’t use SolarWinds’ IT software, which served as the hackers’ entryway into the systems of...

SolarWinds brings in a former federal cybersecurity chief as a consultant

Posted on 08/01/2021 by Engadget

As the fallout of the SolarWinds hack rumbles on, the embattled company has hired a security consultancy co-founded by Christopher Krebs, a former federal cybersecurity chief. Krebs led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a division...

SolarWinds hackers accessed some of the DOJ’s email accounts

Posted on 06/01/2021 by Engadget

More details on the fallout from last month’s SolarWinds hack continue to come out. On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced it was also a victim of the attack, which US intelligence agencies said earlier in the week was “likely” carried...

US intelligence agencies say Russia was likely behind the SolarWinds hack

Posted on 06/01/2021 by Engadget

America’s intelligence community has issued a joint statement naming Russia as the most likely source of the SolarWinds hack. Representatives from the FBI, NSA and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), via the Office of the Directo...

SolarWinds hack may have been much wider than first thought

Posted on 02/01/2021 by Engadget

The scope of the SolarWinds hack keeps growing. The New York Times has conducted interviews indicating that the allegedly Russia-backed campaign was much further-reaching than initially believed. Where the intruders allegedly scouted ‘just’ a few doz...

SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code

Posted on 31/12/2020 by Engadget

The hackers behind the SolarWinds attack got deeper access into Microsoft’s systems than the company previously disclosed. The company, which previously confirmed it found compromised code in its system, now says the hackers were able to gain access...

SolarWinds hackers also targeted security firm CrowdStrike

Posted on 24/12/2020 by Engadget

The group behind the SolarWinds hack also tried to compromise a top security firm. CrowdStrike now says that it too was targeted by the group. According to CrowdStrike, the attempt happened “during a 17-hour period several months ago,” when hackers t...

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