CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Russia formally accused of SolarWinds Attack In a joint statement last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) identified Russia as the likely origin of[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Microsoft Source Code Accessed Microsoft disclosed that the threat actors who compromised their network via the SolarWinds vulnerability were able to take control of a few of their internal accounts. After escalating the privileges of these accounts, they were able to view source code for[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   From SunBurst to SuperNova As the security teams continued to investigate the Sunburst SolarWinds Orion cyberattack, the Microsoft team discovered the Orion platform was also distributing another backdoor package called SuperNova. This malware appears to be from a different APT group and could allow them[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   SolarWinds Attack The major activity last week was around the SolarWinds attack as a number of businesses and government entities were affected.  Last week we covered the sophisticated FireEye hack, but now we know more details and how this is connected to the SolarWinds attack.[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Top CyberSec firm hacked FireEye, a leading cybersecurity firm has been hacked. The company’s CEO said that level of sophistication, uniqueness and techniques shown in the attack have led them to believe it was a state sponsored attack. The attackers stole Red Team tools, which[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Dark Web Vaccine There are reportedly drug dealers selling the COVID-19 vaccine on the dark web. They are charging up to $1,300 for a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. However, these vendors have been unable to verify that what they are selling is the genuine[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   FortiOS vulnerability A hacker who managed to exploit a vulnerability in Fortinet VPNs has posted the IP addresses and credentials for approximately 50,000 of the appliances. The appliances belong to various banks, telecoms and government organizations. The exploit is from a FortiOS vulnerability which was[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   ManU Defenses Breached The Manchester United football club revealed that they suffered a cybersecurity breach last week. While they are still investigating the full extent of the attack, they managed to contain the it to their internal network, as their website wasn’t affected. The UK[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   COVID-19 Vaccine companies under cyber threat As was mentioned a couple weeks ago, the healthcare sector is still under attack. This time from 3 state sponsored hacking groups originating from Russian (Fancy Bear) and North Korea (Zinc & Cerium). Microsoft discovered that these groups are[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News Silk Road Bitcoin Seized Silk Road was a marketplace on the dark web for illegal activity such as hacking services and money laundering. It was shut down in 2013 by the DOJ and its creator, Ross Ulbricht, was convicted in 2015 for enabling illegal activity on[…]