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Hacker And The Fed

The SolarWinds hack, North Korea IT Workers, Hackers Targeting a Data Company, and Listener Questions

Oct 26, 2023
01:25:00

This week on Hacker And The Fed we break down the SolarWinds hack, there are 8 new vulnerabilities found in SolarWinds, thousands of remote IT workers have been working for North Korea, hackers are targeting a company that handles data requests for law enforcement, and we answer listener questions about VPN services, password managers and patch management.

Links from the episode: 

Critical SolarWinds RCE Bugs Enable Unauthorized Network Takeover

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/critical-solarwinds-rce-bugs-enable-unauthorized-network-takeover

 

Thousands of Remote IT Workers Sent Wages to North Korea to Help Fund Weapons Program, FBI Says

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-weapons-program-it-workers-f3df7c120522b0581db5c0b9682ebc9b?taid=6531b8b29c11a80001ef2a28

 

Hackers Target Company That Vets Police Data Requests for Tech Giants

https://www.404media.co/hackers-target-kodex-accounts-edrs/

 

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