SolarWinds Corp. SWI,
said Thursday that it released updates in response to the “SUPERNOVA” malware, which the company said was deployed through exploiting a vulnerability on its Orion platform. Shares in the information technology management software company rose 0.4% in Thursday’s premarket. Shares fell 32% from December 11 until Wednesday, following news of a sophisticated and devastating hack believed to be connected to a Russian group. SolarWinds said it provided two “hotfix updates” that contained security enhancements, including those designed to prevent certain versions of its Orion platform products from being exploited in a SUPERNOVA attack. The stock lost 16.4% in the last three months through Wednesday, while the S&P 500 SPX,
gained 13.7%.
