Since Microsoft released a patch last week, hackers have escalated their efforts to find new victims before its used, officials warn. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hosted a call on Friday urging the organizations to immediately patch the vulnerability, Dustin Volz at the Wall Street Journal reports. At least 18,000 SolarWinds clients worldwide downloaded the malware Russian hackers used to get into users' systems. John Hultquist, vice president of threat intelligence at FireEye:Cybersecurity researcher Andrew Thompson:The keysThe State Department says Russian intelligence agencies used websites to undermine confidence in Western vaccines. The Biden administration is planning its response to the attack, which U.S. intelligence says was done by Russia.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2021 12:22 UTC