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What does the SolarWinds attack mean to us?
Posted on January 4th, 2021 at 11:12 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeHeard about the SolarWinds attack and how attackers had access to Microsoft’s source code? Here’s my views on the SolarWinds attack.
I don’t think it means that attackers can inject things into Windows. I don’t think it gives them any more information than they probably already had.
But I think that over time Microsoft will make the Attack Surface Reduction rules to be easier to use to add protection even down to us lowly home and small businesses.
I currently do not enable these rules on my home computers. But I’m keeping an eye on them for sure. And patching my machines, but just not immediately.
More at Computerworld.