AppSec engineer Sean Wright warned at the All Day DevOps conference that controls need to be put in place to counter a 742% rise in next-generation supply chain attacks, which have grown rapidly since the SolarWinds incident. To protect againstattacks, companies should ensure servers are well-protected and restrict outbound access. Wright also advised security teams to pay attention to the vector of vulnerability over the severity score.

FIN7 Deploys Anubis Backdoor to Hijack Windows Systems via Compromised SharePoint Sites
The Russian cybercrime group FIN7 is linked to a Python-based backdoor named Anubis, providing them remote access to compromised Windows systems, says Swiss cybersecurity firm