A coalition of tech and cybersecurity companies are launching a new Ransomware Task Force in a bid to combine resources, expertise, and tools to help the IT community prevent and respond to ransomware attacks. The Institute of Security and Technology (IST) announced the news Monday in partnership with 18 organizations, including Microsoft, McAfee, Citrix and […]
It’s being called the most devastating cyber attack on the U.S., and there’s still so much we don’t know about the SolarWinds supply chain hack, how attackers were able to compromise one of the software leaders in the IT space, what other tools could be compromised and just how much damage has been done to […]
Microsoft and other security researchers has discovered additional malware that also affects the SolarWinds Orion platform, the company posted in a security blog late Friday. The news came just days after security researchers disclosed a massive hacking campaign utilizing the same IT management software from SolarWinds that so far has impacted several high-profile U.S. government […]
According to Microsoft, it has identified more than 40 victims of the wide-ranging SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise that were breached further by hackers believed to be backed by a foreign state-backed entity. In a blog post, Microsoft said 44% of the 40-plus entities that were further breached by hackers in the large-scale attack are […]
According to cybersecurity researchers, 28 browser extensions on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome contain malware, and they’ve been downloaded by more than three million people. In a blog post, cybersecurity firm Avast said it has analyzed 28 malicious browser extensions after a group of Czech researchers identified the threat and found extensions to contain malware. […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is aware of other attack methods on the IT supply chain in addition to known malware that infected SolarWinds’ Orion IT management platform. In an alert issued Thursday, the agency said it “has evidence of additional initial access vectors, other than the SolarWinds Orion platform; however these are […]
The tech community is still reeling from the massive hack of SolarWinds’ Orion platform that resulted in the compromise of several U.S. government networks and reportedly thousands of other SolarWinds customers. According to public filings, news reports and the company’s own disclosures, here is what we’ve learned since news of the highly sophisticated attack was […]
U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 educators of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools everywhere continue to rely on critical IT services to support distance learning via videoconferencing and collaboration tools, cybercriminals are taking notice. Bad actors are targeting schools with ransomware, data theft […]
A hacking group backed by a foreign government is conducting a global attack through the software supply chain and widely-used IT infrastructure management software from SolarWinds, according to cybersecurity company FireEye. The attack method appears to be linked to a compromise of FireEye’s own systems in a breach reported last week in which attackers stole […]
Microsoft is warning about a new malware strain that infects a user’s device and adds browser extensions and changes settings to insert unauthorized ads into web pages. In a blog post, the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team calls this family of browser-modification malware Adrozek. The malware has been infecting devices since at least May, and […]
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