Month: September 2020
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Zerologon Attack Targeting Windows Servers
Advisory Overview A critical vulnerability has been discovered which affects potentially all Windows domain controllers and can allow an unauthenticated attacker on the network to take control of an Active Directory domain controller at will. This can allow the attacker...
Hackers join the back to school rush
Around the world, workers are dealing with the new reality of having their offices at home. But professionals aren’t the only ones needing to adapt to being at home for the long haul; students are too. And MSPs and IT...
Survey yields new insights regarding reliance on MSPs
A survey of more than 1,000 IT decision makers in North America and Europe published this week by Spiceworks Ziff-Davis forecasts managed services will account on average for 16 percent of the total IT budget in 2021, a single percentage...
What you should showcase on your MSP website
Previously, I wrote on SmarterMSP about keeping your prices off of your MSP website. This article serves as a continuation of this topic, this time focusing on using your website to tell a story of value over price. In this...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft’s Patch Critical RCE Flaws
Advisory Overview Several Remote Code Execution (RCE) security flaws were announced in Microsoft’s patch Tuesday; 129 security bugs to be exact. As remote work increases, the need for RCE security increases and at an overwhelming rate. A strong mitigation tactic...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Palo Alto Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-2040)
Advisory Overview Palo Alto has released a patch for a buffer overflow remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability for their PAN-OS 8.1, 9.0, and 9.1 versions. The vulnerability can allow threat actors to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and execute potentially malicious...
Introducing Managed Workplace 12 SP2
Barracuda MSP is excited to introduce the latest release of its security-centric RMM tool, Managed Workplace. The release of Managed Workplace 12 SP2 highlights Barracuda MSP’s continual effort to innovate and to provide an easy-to-use, easy-to-manage cybersecurity ecosystem for our...
Finding new ways to deal with inevitable tech disasters
The one thing for certain is that when it comes to technology, there will come a time when disaster will strike, and as your client’s IT shop, it’s going to be up to you to fix it. You must have...
Pioneers in Tech: Radia Perlman and the Spanning Tree Algorithm
You may not have heard of the “Spanning Tree Algorithm,” but it’s the backbone of the Ethernet technology we enjoy and rely upon today. The algorithm, also known as the “Spanning Tree Protocol” or STP, was the brainchild of Radia...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: (DVMRP) Vulnerability Found in Cisco IOS XR
Advisory Overview A vulnerability in the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust process memory of an affected device. A successful exploit by such an attacker could...