Category: Security

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Zen and the art of cyber defense maintenance

Zen and the art of cyber defense maintenance

In my previous article, I looked at how, like a motorcyclist, security providers and managed service providers (MSPs) can employ the SIPDE methodology as part of their ongoing cybersecurity services. In this piece, I am taking a look at the parallels between motorcycle...

/ February 7, 2024
Threat Spotlight: How attackers are targeting your web applications right now

Threat Spotlight: How attackers are targeting your web applications right now

The number of attacks targeting web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) has increased significantly. Barracuda mitigated more than 18 billion attacks against applications during 2023, including 1.716 billion in December alone. Web applications are computer programs that are accessed...

/ February 7, 2024
Cybersecurity economics to increasingly favor MSPs

Cybersecurity economics to increasingly favor MSPs

As the economics of cybersecurity continue to evolve, the number of organizations that can effectively manage cybersecurity on their own will continue to decrease. A survey of 1,917 IT security practitioners conducted by Ponemon Institute finds only 43 percent claimed...

/ February 6, 2024
CRN Channel Chiefs
Barracuda’s CRN Channel Chiefs on empathy and supporting partners

Barracuda’s CRN Channel Chiefs on empathy and supporting partners

Yesterday The Channel Company announced its 2024 CRN Channel Chiefs list. Every year, this list honors the IT channel executives who work tirelessly to advance the channel agenda and develop channel strategies that make partners successful. The 2024 CRN Channel Chiefs were selected by the...

/ February 6, 2024
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: AnyDesk production system breach

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: AnyDesk production system breach

AnyDesk confirmed that a cyberattack on their production systems has taken place. This has caused AnyDesk users to become vulnerable to data breaches, phishing attacks, and malware. Barracuda MSP recommends updating to the latest version of Windows (8.0.8) immediately and...

/ February 5, 2024
Five healthcare cybersecurity trends to monitor in 2024

Five healthcare cybersecurity trends to monitor in 2024

We’ve looked at the cybersecurity trends in store for 2024, but trends will differ by discipline in the months ahead. For instance, industrial settings have their own set of vulnerabilities, as do finance, education, government, and healthcare. Hackers especially covet...

/ February 5, 2024
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A CISO’s guide to the role of AI in cybersecurity

A CISO’s guide to the role of AI in cybersecurity

Today’s digital landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and the rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) marks a distinct shift in how we perceive and use the capabilities of AI, especially in the realm of cybersecurity. According to...

/ February 2, 2024
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Ivanti alerts of new high-severity flaws

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Ivanti alerts of new high-severity flaws

During Ivanti’s announcement of their fixes for the recent critical zero-day vulnerabilities, the software vendor alerts of two new high-severity flaws in its Connect Secure and Policy Secure products. One of which is said to be under targeted exploitation in...

/ February 1, 2024
security
Focus on cybersecurity to uplevel your MSP business

Focus on cybersecurity to uplevel your MSP business

What matters most to an organization? The security of the devices that its platform operates on, or the data and information that is held on and moved across that platform? If you think they are both important, think again. A...

/ February 1, 2024
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Glibc root access vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Glibc root access vulnerability

A critical security flaw in the GNU C Library (glibc) has been disclosed, tracked as CVE-2023-6246. It allows malicious attackers to gain full root access on Linux machines. Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to mitigate the risks...

/ February 1, 2024