Month: July 2019

Cloud computing growth rates raise cautionary note of concern

Cloud computing growth rates raise cautionary note of concern

The two most recent financial reports from Amazon and Microsoft are raising concerns over the rate at which adoption of cloud services will continue to grow. Amazon revealed Amazon Web Services (AWS) revenue grew 37 percent, to $8.4 billion in...

/ July 31, 2019
Cities of all sizes are being targeted by ransomware attacks

Cities of all sizes are being targeted by ransomware attacks

Last year, it was Atlanta that was brought to its knees by a ransomware attack, sending the city reeling for weeks. This year, it was Baltimore’s turn. The ranks of municipal ransomware victims looks very different.

/ July 31, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Capital One Data Breach Disclosure

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Capital One Data Breach Disclosure

Overview: On Monday June 29, 2019, Capital One (a financial services company that handles credit cards for their own brand and many 3rd-Party brands) publicly disclosed a significant data breach exposing personally identifiable information for millions of their customers. The...

/ July 30, 2019
The high cost of being complacent

The high cost of being complacent

Growing your business requires work. There’s no shortcut to it. It’s inconvenient. It’s hard. It takes us out of our comfort zones. It requires sacrifice and compromise, and while we believe that we know this going in, I’m not sure...

/ July 29, 2019
Tech Time Warp: A quick and dirty history of MS-DOS

Tech Time Warp: A quick and dirty history of MS-DOS

In the world of tech history, MS-DOS seems archaic and simplistic to the untrained eye — a command-prompt today’s “digital natives” wouldn’t recognize, let alone appreciate. Of course, the GUIs of today wouldn’t exist without MS-DOS, which was born out...

/ July 26, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Router Attack has Hijacked over 180,000 Brazilian routers

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Router Attack has Hijacked over 180,000 Brazilian routers

Advisory Overview Threat actors have been changing settings on home and small-business routers manufactured by D-Link in order to re-route users to malicious websites. The changes are made after a user loads a website that contains a “poisoned” advertisement –...

/ July 25, 2019
IT modernization initiatives will require MSPs to place some big bets

IT modernization initiatives will require MSPs to place some big bets

A new wave of IT modernization initiatives is creating opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs) as IT organizations struggle to master the emerging technologies.

/ July 25, 2019
Malware resurges with an advertising disguise

Malware resurges with an advertising disguise

Online advertisements can be irresistible. With a TV ad, you have to endure a 30-second spot pushing Corn Flakes or denture cream, whether you have any interest in those items or not. Online ads, however, are targeted to your interests....

/ July 24, 2019
How to stay sane in managed services

How to stay sane in managed services

As a managed services provider (MSP), you are tasked with keeping track of multiple clients, projects, and technologies, all with multiple managers working with multiple internal and external resources. What’s the key to achieving this? You need to STAY ORGANIZED!

/ July 24, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Lenovo-EMC Device Storage Leak Vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Lenovo-EMC Device Storage Leak Vulnerability

Advisory Overview Several different Lenovo-EMC Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices – including those from the Iomega NAS device line – have critical vulnerabilities that must be patched. These devices, if left unpatched, have the ability to allow a threat actor...

/ July 23, 2019