CVE-2020-10148 SolarWinds Orion API authentication bypass and RCE

The SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute API commands which may result in a compromise of the SolarWinds instance. SolarWinds...

A week in security (December 21- December 27)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs we warned our readers about not so festive social media scams, how Emotet returned just in time for Christmas, we tried out some free online games your kids are playing and here’s what happened, and our VideoBytes episode talked about what penetration testing tools...

Russia’s SolarWinds Attack

Recent news articles have all been talking about the massive Russian cyberattack against the United States, but thats wrong on two accounts. It wasnt a cyberattack in international relations terms, it was espionage. And the victim wasnt just the US, it was the entire world. But it was massive, an...

SolarWinds Orion Platform < 2019.4 HF6 / 2020.2 < 2020.2.1 HF2 Authentication Bypass (SUPERNOVA)

The version of SolarWinds Orion Platform running on the remote host is prior to 2019.4 HF6 or 2020.2 prior to 2020.2.1 HF 2. It is, therefore, affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted web request, to bypass...

Actively exploited vulnerability fixed in SolarWinds Orion

SolarWinds has fixed a vulnerability in the Orion Platform. A malicious party could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication within the Orion API. Subsequently, the API can be used to compromise the Orion installation or underlying operating system. The vulnerability is actively...

A New SolarWinds Flaw Likely Had Let Hackers Install SUPERNOVA Malware

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion software may have been leveraged by adversaries as a zero-day to deploy the SUPERNOVA malware in target environments. According to an advisory published yesterday by the CERT Coordination Center, the SolarWinds Orion API that's used t...

A New SolarWinds Flaw Likely Had Let Hackers Install SUPERNOVA Malware

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion software may have been leveraged by adversaries as a zero-day to deploy the SUPERNOVA malware in target environments. According to an advisory published yesterday by the CERT Coordination Center, the SolarWinds Orion API that's used t...

A ‘Bulletproof’ Criminal VPN Was Taken Down in a Global Sting

Plus: Dozens of reporters get hit by an iMessage exploit, continued fallout from the SolarWinds hack, and more of the week’s top security news...

Solarwinds Orion Platform Authorization Issues Vulnerability

Solarwinds Orion Platform is a network fault and network performance management platform from Solarwinds, Inc. The platform provides real-time monitoring and analysis of network devices and supports a customizable web interface, multiple user comments, and a mapped view of the entire network. The...

SolarWinds Orion API authentication bypass allows remote command execution

Overview The SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands. Description The SolarWinds Orion Platform is a suite of infrastructure and system monitoring and management products. The SolarWinds Orion API is embedded into the...

Microsoft Warns CrowdStrike of Hackers Targeting Azure Cloud Customers

New evidence amidst the ongoing probe into the espionage campaign targeting SolarWinds has uncovered an unsuccessful attempt to compromise cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and access the company's email. The hacking endeavor was reported to the company by Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center on...

Microsoft Warns CrowdStrike of Hackers Targeting Azure Cloud Customers

New evidence amidst the ongoing probe into the espionage campaign targeting SolarWinds has uncovered an unsuccessful attempt to compromise cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and access the company's email. The hacking endeavor was reported to the company by Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center on...

SUNBURST Additional Technical Details

FireEye has discovered additional details about the SUNBURST backdoor since our initial publication on Dec. 13, 2020. Before diving into the technical depth of this malware, we recommend readers familiarize themselves with our blog post about the SolarWinds supply chain compromise, which revealed...

2020 Shows the Danger of a Decapitated Cyber Regime

Trump's White House has long been AWOL on cybersecurity. That lack of oversight almost seemed to be working—until the SolarWinds hack...

How we protect our users against the Sunburst backdoor

What happened SolarWinds, a well-known IT managed services provider, has recently become a victim of a cyberattack. Their product Orion Platform, a solution for monitoring and managing their customers IT infrastructure, was compromised by threat actors. This resulted in the deployment of a custom...

CISA Releases CISA Insights and Creates Webpage on Ongoing APT Cyber Activity

CISA is tracking a known compromise involving SolarWinds Orion products that are currently being exploited by a malicious actor. An advanced persistent threat APT actor is responsible for compromising the SolarWinds Orion software supply chain, as well as widespread abuse of commonly used...

Qualys Security Advisory: SolarWinds / FireEye

Qualys Researchers found Millions of devices exposed to vulnerabilities used in the stolen FireEye Red Team tools and SolarWinds Orion by analyzing the anonymized set of vulnerabilities across Qualys’ worldwide customer base Qualys to offer a free 60-day integrated Vulnerability Management,...

Two groups might have breached SolarWinds Orion software- Microsoft

By Deeba Ahmed The ongoing investigation into the SolarWinds supply chain cyberattack indicates the involvement of another APT group. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Two groups might have breached SolarWinds Orion software- Microsoft...

Threat Advisory: SolarWinds supply chain attack

Update 12/21: IOC section updated to include new information and associated stage. Update 12/18: We have been able to verify the name server for the DGA domain was updated as far back as late February. Compromised binaries appear to have been available on the SolarWinds website until very recentl...

A Second Hacker Group May Have Also Breached SolarWinds, Microsoft Says

As the probe into the SolarWinds supply chain attack continues, new digital forensic evidence has brought to light that a separate threat actor may have been abusing the IT infrastructure provider's Orion software to drop a similar persistent backdoor on target systems. "The investigation of the...