Fri Feb 26 2021: SolarWinds, Google cancels a smart city, and NSA guidance for all

Three things to know today

• This week in SolarWinds

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-says-solarwinds-hackers-downloaded-some-azure-exchange-and-intune-source-code/

https://www.channelfutures.com/security/microsoft-conclusion-on-solarwinds-hack-conflicts-with-other-messages

https://www.darkreading.com/operations/microsoft-releases-free-tool-for-hunting-solarwinds-malware/d/d-id/1340260?_mc=rss_x_drr_edt_aud_dr_x_x-rss-simple

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/539598-biden-calls-for-creating-rules-on-cyber-tech-to-combat-china-and-russia

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/540178-microsoft-fireeye-mandatory-breach-reporting-solarwinds-hack

https://www.crn.com/news/security/u-s-senators-aws-infrastructure-used-in-solarwinds-attack

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/russia-assigned-more-than-1-000-expert-engineers-to-execute-solarwinds-hack-says-microsoft-exec-11614116490?link=MW_latest_news

https://www.cnet.com/news/solarwinds-hearing-announced-by-house-committees/

https://www.crn.com/news/security/aws-solarwinds-hackers-used-our-elastic-compute-cloud?itc=refresh

https://www.zdnet.com/article/solarwinds-cybersecurity-spending-tops-3-million-in-q4-sees-20-million-to-25-million-in-2021/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

https://www.crn.com/news/security/solarwinds-to-spend-up-to-25m-on-security-following-attack?itc=refresh

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-call-for-ambassador-to-represent-u-s-in-cyberspace-11614076201?mod=rss_Technology

• Google cancels another smart city

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56168306

AND

• The NSA issues guidance on zero-trust

https://www.fedscoop.com/nsa-zero-trust-guidance-reference-architecture/

https://media.defense.gov/2021/Feb/25/2002588479/-1/-1/0/CSI_EMBRACING_ZT_SECURITY_MODEL_UOO115131-21.PDF

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