A Kazual Sunburst – the missing link: experts connect SolarWinds attack with Kazuar backdoor

On December 13, 2020, FireEye, Microsoft and SolarWinds announced the discovery of a large, sophisticated supply chain attack that deployed a new, previously unknown malware “Sunburst” used against SolarWinds’ Orion IT customers.  Kaspersky’s experts found various specific code similarities between Sunburst and known versions of Kazuar backdoors – the type...