Month: July 2021
Pioneers in Tech: Margaret Hamilton’s moonshot
NASA estimates 400,000 individuals contributed to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s ability to land on the moon on July 20, 1969. One of them was Margaret Hamilton, a 32-year-old software engineer working at MIT. Hamilton developed the software system that...
Ransomware attacks drive increased DRaaS opportunities for MSPs
Disaster recovery (DR) is the only real defense against ransomware attacks. However, a recent survey of 150 technical and business decision makers from organizations with more than 150 employees, conducted by cloud hosting services provider iland, suggests most organizations are...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler
Threat Update Last week, security researchers accidentally published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code which has now been dubbed “PrintNightmare”. The vulnerability exploits a critical flaw in Microsoft’s Print Spooler service. Microsoft has issued out-of-band security updates to address the flaw and...
A look at cybersecurity halfway through 2021
We are midway through 2021, so now is an excellent time to stop and take stock in the cybersecurity landscape, both where we’ve been and where we are going. I talk to scores of cybersecurity experts each month, which has...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: 07-06-2021 Kaseya VSA Follow-Up Threat Advisory
Threat Update This Threat Advisory acts as a follow-up to our previously released Advisories “0048-21” and “0049-21”. Kaseya has scheduled an urgent patch for July 6, 2021, between 4:00PM EDT – 7:00PM EDT. The Kaseya VSA vulnerabilities are still un-remediated...
How to write a sales email to prepare prospects to talk
Despite a wave of technology-driven sales tactics, email still remains an effective marketing tool in terms of return on investment (ROI) for small to medium-sized MSPs. Even though any MSP can say they know How to Write a Sales Email,...
Remote work cybersecurity: Choosing between VPN and ZTNA
With many businesses accepting remote and hybrid work models, businesses are now looking to MSPs to evaluate the long-term sustainability of their existing cybersecurity infrastructure to ensure their businesses are protected. For many, this means turning from existing cybersecurity protections...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Kaseya VSA Ransomware Update
NOTE TO CLARIFY ON AN EARLIER COMMUNICATION: SKOUT Cybersecurity’s product offerings do not use Kaseya in any means and are not impacted by this incident. If you have any questions, please contact the Security Operations Center. Threat Update Kaseya has...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Kaseya VSA Supply Chain Exploit Distributing Ransomware
Threat Update On July 2nd, 2021, Kaseya’s Remote Monitoring and Management Platform “Kaseya VSA” was exploited with signs of a sophisticated Supply Chain attack. Kaseya VSA is now actively being used by threat actors to distribute ransomware. Kaseya has taken...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Buffer Overflow Leads to Partial Memory Leak
Threat Update On June 23, security researchers reported that SonicWall’s stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability from late last year was only partially patched, yielding another attack vector for unpatched systems. A threat actor can send malicious requests to the firewall to...