1 hr 25 min

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

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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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Send HATF your questions at questions@hackerandthefed.com

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/
 
Support our sponsors:
Go to JoinDeleteMe.com/FED and use the code FED20 for 20% off
Go to Cloudsolvers.com and tell them "Hacker and the Fed sent you" for a free assessment of your current environment
Get your Hacker and the Fed merchandise at hackerandthefed.com
Send HATF your questions at questions@hackerandthefed.com

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