Month: June 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: HOPLIGHT Malware
What is the threat? The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have discovered a new malware variant called HOPLIGHT. The malware has been identified as the work of HIDDEN COBRA which refers to activity...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Verizon Customers Targeted in Mobile Phishing Campaigns
What is the threat? A phishing campaign has been discovered in the wild targeting Verizon customers. This phishing campaign is mimicking Verizon customer support and trying to get information about customers’ Verizon accounts to gain access. The phishing emails ask...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apache Server Vulnerability
What is the cybersecurity threat? A new flaw recently discovered in Apache allows for local privilege escalation where a person or program that has limited access or privileges (such as a user account) may be able execute code with root...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: MFA Bypassed via O365 and IMAP Attacks
What is the threat? Researchers from Proofpoint recently observed over one hundred thousand unauthorized logins across millions of Office 365 and Google Suite cloud users. These illegitimate brute force attacks utilize the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) which bypasses multi-factor...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Chrome Update Patches Zero-Day Vulnerability
What is the threat? On Friday, March 1st, Google released an update to patch a vulnerability in its Chrome browser. The vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild and is a use-after-free flaw in the browser’s FileReader API. This...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: IRS Reveals Ongoing Threat of Internet Phishing Scams
What is the threat? The IRS warned taxpayers, businesses, and tax professionals about the ongoing threat of internet phishing campaigns that lead to theft of their sensitive information through its ‘Dirty Dozen Campaign’. To protect taxpayer’s confidential data against scams,...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Considerations following the recent viral ‘Momo’ Challenge
What is the threat? There have been recent reports that seemingly innocent videos on YouTube, WhatsApp and other outlets include violence provoking and/or other inappropriate content. These videos have been dubbed the “Momo challenge” similar to last years “Blue Whale...
Tech Time Warp: Net neutrality debate heats up again and again
Life tends to slow down in early June — unless you’re involved in the net neutrality debate. A surprising number of momentous net neutrality actions have occurred over the years in the month of June, starting with the initial use...
Grow your MSP by identifying new business sources
As is the case with most entrepreneurs, managed service providers dream of “finding their groove.” They hope to identify and utilize repeatable actions and strategies that bring measurable results for their business. Doing this also eliminates the stress of having...
LF Edge launches frameworks for building edge solutions
The Linux Foundation wants to make it simpler for managed service providers (MSPs) to construct their own edge computing solutions using open source software. The LF Edge arm of the Linux Foundation announced the availability of a set of frameworks...
