SolarWinds Corp. SWI,
said on Thursday that it had released updates in response to the “SUPERNOVA” malware, which the company said was implemented through an vulnerability in its Orion platform. Shares of the information technology management software company rose 0.4% in premarket trading on Thursday. Shares fell 32% from December 11 to Wednesday, following news of a sophisticated and devastating hack believed to be connected to a Russian group. SolarWinds said it provided two “hotfixes” that included 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 to Wednesday, while the S&P 500 SPX,
gained 13.7%.