Microsoft has become the latest victim of the SolarWinds-driven cyberattack that has impacted rafts of federal agencies and tech targets. The ongoing, growing campaign is effectively an attack on the United States and its government and other critical institutions, Microsoft s president, Brad Smith, warned late Thursday to expect many more victims to come to light. Microsoft and FireEye have created a kill switch for the backdoor that can defang it though that doesn t help remediate infections that have spread to other areas of networks.
Source: https://threatpost.com/microsoft-solarwinds-spy-attack-federal-agencies/162414/