Episode 12 - SolarWinds Hack: The Invisible Cyber Theft

Software Development in the Context of Cybersecurity & Protection Against Hackers and Cybercrime SolarWinds Hack: The Invisible Cyber Theft 🌐 Software development in the context of cybersecurity & protection against hackers and cybercrime 💡 Topics include: ✅ Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) ✅ Software vulnerabilities and deployment risks ✅ The Kerckhoffs Principle in modern cybersecurity ✅ Supply chain attacks as the new risk frontier ✅ How to build resilient and secure development structures ❇️ Welcome and a brief introduction to the topic. ❇️ SolarWinds Hack – A quick overview of the known facts: ❇️ Explanation of the events surrounding the SolarWinds Hack Timeline of key discoveries and public disclosures. Who is behind the SolarWinds Hack? ❇️ Discussion of the suspected attackers and their motives. Insights into the investigations and the current situation. How was the cyberattack discovered? ❇️ The story behind how the hack was uncovered. The role of IT security teams and whistleblowers. Details on the "Sunburst" backdoor: Technical analysis of the Sunburst backdoor. How the backdoor works and why it’s so dangerous. ❇️ Vulnerabilities in software: How do software vulnerabilities emerge, and how can they lead to incidents like these? ❇️ How secure are our systems and data really? A critical assessment of current security measures in companies and government agencies. Software vulnerabilities in the development process: Best practices for preventing such weaknesses. ❇️ Applying Kerckhoffs's Principle in modern cybersecurity: → See also: https://rock-the-prototype.com/en/cryptography/kerckhoff-principle/ The relevance of Kerckhoffs’s Principle for IT security. How this principle is applied today — and what it means for key secrecy. Maximum IT security and robust protection through transparency: ❇️ Arguments for more transparency in security architecture. - Examples of how transparency can help improve security. - Secure source code – Why deployment and secure data flows are the real battlegrounds of cybersecurity: - Why secure source code matters so much. - Discussion of deployment strategies and secure data flows. Support us: If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating. 💕 👉 Subscribe now to the Rock the Prototype Podcast 👈 so you don’t miss an episode. Let’s rock software development & prototyping together! 🚀 Also visit our website 👉 https://rock-the-prototype.com to learn more about the podcast and explore other exciting topics in our blog 👀 https://rock-the-prototype.com/blog/ or in our wiki 📌 https://rock-the-prototype.com/wiki/ 💕 We have loads of valuable content for you. 🖖 We’d love to hear your feedback 💌 and suggestions 💬. Stay tuned for your next Rock the Prototype Podcast episode! Follow us on: ✅ YouTube ✅ LinkedIn