Suspected Russian hackers targeted cyber firm Malwarebytes

This incident is the latest example of the attackers targeting security companies in the course of the hacking campaign. They stole tools from the firm FireEye Inc and attempted to breach Crowdstrike Inc through similar tactics they used against Malwarebytes. — Bloomberg

Suspected Russian hackers targeted the cybersecurity company Malwarebytes Inc in the course of a sprawling cyberattack that targeted US government agencies and companies.

The attacker abused “applications with privileged access to Microsoft Office 365 and Azure environments”, according to a Tuesday blog post by chief executive officer Marcin Kleczynski. He said the attack was part of the same hacking campaign that has utilised infected software from SolarWinds Corp to target other organisations.