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SolarWinds Hack and the Case of DNS Security
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SolarWinds Hack and the Case of DNS Security

Akamai·Chinedu Egonu·about 1 month ago
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It was big news that some of the top government agencies and companies in the world were victims of the SolarWinds attack, however, it's no surprise to those of us in the security space urging enterprises to modernize their protection against growing threats. As I understand it, the breaches happened after malicious code was inserted into a software patch that was downloaded by the companies and agencies. The installation of the patch executed malicious code, called SUNBURST, which created an entry point for other malicious codes (TEARDROP/RAINDROP). These additional codes were used to allow attackers to move laterally within the network and exfiltrate sensitive customer information to a public command and control server. \r\n This supply chain attack reinforces the need to modernize the enterprise security infrastructure. While larger businesses may have the resources to recover from an attack of this size, the same can't be said for smaller businesses.…

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