Press Month: December 2020

TD Ameritrade – SolarWinds – Karim Hijazi’s Cybersecurity notes

Prevailion CEO Karim Hijazi discusses SolarWinds compromise with TD Ameritrade Network’s Oliver Renick.

Hackers Used Obscure Texas IT Vendor to Attack U.S. Agencies

As of mid-day Monday, the malicious update was still available for download on SolarWind’s website, according to Karim Hijazi, founder and chief executive of Prevailion Inc., a Maryland-based cybersecurity firm. Hijazi said his team compared the available download with security alerts identifying the tampered update, and it’s an exact match.

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