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...

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...

Nvidia and Intel used compromised SolarWinds software

Posted on 22/12/2020 by Engadget

Fallout from the SolarWinds hack continues to expand. A handful of major tech companies, including Nvidia and Intel, have joined the growing list of organizations affected by the unprecedented hack US officials have blamed on Russia. The Wall Street...

Microsoft confirms it found compromised SolarWinds code in its systems

Posted on 18/12/2020 by Engadget

Various organizations are grappling with the impact of a massive hacking campaign that compromised networks using SolarWinds’ Orion network management tools, and now Microsoft says it found “malicious binaries” on its systems. As Reuters reports, the...

State-sponsored hackers have breached the US’ nuclear weapons agency

Posted on 17/12/2020 by Engadget

Foreign hackers have breached the networks of the US Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration, according to separate reports from Politico and Bloomberg. While there aren’t many details on what happened just yet, it’s believ...

Spotify forces more password resets after plugging a security hole

Posted on 10/12/2020 by Engadget

If you use Spotify, you’ll want to keep an eye on your email inbox to see if you get a message prompting you to change your login credentials. The company told TechCrunch it recently reset the passwords of a small subset of its users after a software...

DOJ announces guilty plea for 2016 cyberattack that broke the internet

Posted on 10/12/2020 by Engadget

More than four years after the Dyn cyberattack in 2016, we have a better idea of who was behind one of the most disruptive DDoS attacks in internet history. This week, the Justice Department announced a guilty plea from an individual who took part in...

Cybersecurity firm FireEye says state-sponsored hackers stole its tools

Posted on 08/12/2020 by Engadget

FireEye, one of the largest cybersecurity firms in the US, says it believes it’s been the victim of a state-sponsored hacking attack that saw the theft of internal tools it uses to conduct penetration testing for other companies. “Recently, we were a...

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