Month: November 2020
Five steps to building a managed security services offering
The turn of the new decade has been eventful. The global pandemic, the shift to a remote workforce, and the ever-growing number of cyberthreats and cyberattacks has made cybersecurity top of mind for businesses of all sizes. Our Evolving Landscape...
Tech Time Warp: Regin malware opens eyes
One of the first Google results for “Regin malware” is from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. It’s a Nov. 25, 2014, alert about the malware, providing an overview of Regin’s multi-stage structure. The alert notes that the “sophisticated...
Cybersecurity laws: What MSPs need to do
Cybersecurity isn’t just about firewalls and patching. Cybersecurity is also about education and legislation — often, these two go hand in hand. The legislative landscape is continuously evolving as more rules and regulations attempt to add guardrails and protections to...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: POS Malware Targeting Restaurants
Advisory Overview Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a modular backdoor known as ModPipe targeting point-of-sale (POS) systems in the hospitality sector. This malware can potentially allow unauthorized retrieval of payment information. SKOUT recommends maintaining updates and patches for all POS systems...
IT spending shows signs of recovery going into 2021
CompTIA has published its annual report for the IT industry, which suggests that spending on IT is starting to return to historic levels. The CompTIA report, in fact, cites data from International Data Corp (IDC) projecting that global IT revenue...
How to run an effective webinar campaign for your Managed IT Services
One of the biggest marketing challenges managed service providers (MSPs) face is identifying and tapping into channels that will reach the largest number of potential leads. There are several things you can do to set yourself up for success. To...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apple MacOS Big Sur Vulnerabilities
Advisory Overview Apple has deprecated its support for its Network Kernel Extensions (NKE) which are the services that supported local firewalls on previous Mac systems. This change has allowed macOS Big Sur and roughly 50 other applications in Apple’s app...
New AWS services optimize application development process
Amazon Web Services (AWS) consistently introduces new services, enhances existing ones, and drives trends that all contain technology, capabilities, and information of great relevance to MSPs. In the first half of 2020, AWS announced a significant number of developments that...
Tech Time Warp: Conficker, the Botnet that became too hot to handle
Conficker is a piece of malware we just can’t seem to quit. Despite first being identified in November 2008, some estimate that as of September 2020 there were still 150,000 Conficker detections a month, mostly in vastly populated Brazil and...
BEC attacks on the rise
In a year dominated by COVID, elections, and ransomware, there are plenty of cybersecurity experts looking to other emerging threats as we begin to wind down the year. “I think the biggest cybersecurity threat facing businesses today are user account...
