Deconstructing the SolarWinds breach

Abstract

The now infamous SolarWinds breach is still causing ramifications for the businesses involved. It won't be long until we see another attack of this kind, because most organisations currently don't have the ability to quickly find and respond to attackers that have infiltrated their networks. Lavi Lazarovitz of CyberArk Labs dissects the SolarWinds case, examining the major steps used by the attackers. And he makes recommendations for how organisations can avoid falling victim to this form of attack in the future. In 2021 we’ve already seen a number of far-reaching cyber attacks. The now infamous SolarWinds breach is still causing ramifications for the businesses involved, and the recent hack on Microsoft exchange servers has reportedly put more than 3,000 UK email servers at risk. 1