{"id":73767,"date":"2020-12-19T17:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T12:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=73767"},"modified":"2020-12-19T18:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T12:47:34","slug":"what-is-solar-winds-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-solar-winds-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Solar Winds Hack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0The \u2018Solar Winds hack\u2019, a cyberattack discovered in the United States, has emerged as one of the biggest ever targeted against the US government.In fact, it is likely a global cyberattack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SolarWinds Hack\u00a0<\/strong>also called the Supply Chain attack is a cyberattack discovered in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of directly attacking the federal government or a private organisation\u2019s network, the hackers target a third-party vendor which supplies software to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cyberattack<\/strong>: It is a malicious and deliberate attempt by an individual or organization to breach the information system of another individual or organization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common types of cyber attacks<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Malware:\u00a0<\/strong>Malware (malicious software) refers to any kind of software that is designed to cause damage to a single computer, server or computer network.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phishing:\u00a0<\/strong>It is the practice of sending fraudulent communications that appear to come from a reputable source, usually through email.The goal is to steal sensitive data like credit card and login information or to install malware on the victim\u2019s machine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zero-day exploit<\/strong>: A zero-day exploit hits after a network vulnerability is announced but before a patch or solution is implemented. Attackers target the disclosed vulnerability during this window of time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks<\/strong>\u00a0also known as eavesdropping attacks occur when attackers insert themselves into a two-party transaction. Once the attackers interrupt the traffic, they can filter and steal data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The \u2018Solar Winds hack\u2019, a cyberattack discovered in the United States, has emerged as one of the biggest ever targeted against the US government.In fact, it is likely a global cyberattack. Facts: SolarWinds Hack\u00a0also called the Supply Chain attack is a cyberattack discovered in the United States. Instead of directly attacking the federal government or&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-solar-winds-hack\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Solar Winds Hack?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":73770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1428,1361],"class_list":["post-73767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-st_2","tag-sec_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/What-is-Solar-Winds-Hack.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":124,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}