Dennis Fisher talks with researcher Marc Maiffret of FireEye about the evolution of modern malware, the discovery of the Code Red worm and how far security research has come in the last 10 years.
Dennis Fisher talks with researcher Marc Maiffret of FireEye about the evolution of modern malware, the discovery of the Code Red worm and how far security research has come in the last 10 years.
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Meanwhile, FireEye has found a kill switch, and Microsoft and other vendors are quickly moving to block the Sunburst backdoor used in the attack.
The attack was mounted via SolarWinds Orion, in a manual and targeted supply-chain effort.
An attacker stole FireEye’s Red Team assessment tools that the company uses to test its customers’ security.
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