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Raindrop: How the additional tool was discovered in Solarwinds investigation

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 2 p.m.

Old threats and new feature in this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast. Dick O’Brien and Gavin O’Gorman discuss the latest developments in the Solarwinds hack investigation, including how Symantec investigators found Raindrop, an additional piece of malware used in the SolarWinds attacks against a select number of victims that were of interest to the attackers. We published a blog about Raindrop last week, and Dick and Gavin discuss how this new malware was discovered. Also, romance scams and DDoS attacks make a comeback.