Month: February 2022
In MSPs most organizations will zero-trust
Zero-trust is not a new idea when it comes to cybersecurity, but after a series of high-profile breaches over the past two years, it is all the rage. The concept itself traces its history all the way back to 1994...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Trend Micro Fixes Hybrid Cloud Security Vulnerabilities
Threat Update Recently, the cloud security software firm Trend Micro rolled out several patches to resolve vulnerabilities in their Deep Security and Cloud One Workload solutions for Ubuntu agents. These vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2022-23119 and CVE-2022-23120. Barracuda MSP recommends...
3 keys to hiring top talent
MSPs have always struggled with hiring top talent. One reason is many IT professionals aren’t comfortable with working in fast-paced environments. They are used to working in a single-tenant environment and can’t handle what’s required of them when there are...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: BlackByte Ransomware Group Gaining Traction
Threat Update The BlackByte Ransomware-as-a-Service group is quickly gaining traction by infecting and cryptolocking multiple companies. Reports regarding this ransomware in the wild have existed since July 2021. In response, the FBI and USSS (United States Secret Service) have issued...
Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility
This post is part of our ongoing conversations with industry experts about the ever-present problem of data breaches. These breaches usually trace back to the security teams, but everyone, even the average user, is considered a stakeholder in cybersecurity. IBM...
Rising data breaches require extra vigilance and awareness training
Data breaches increased by 69 percent in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) in its annual report on data breaches. According to the report, the most common causes of data breaches were phishing or...
Pioneers in Tech: Jerry Lawson, pre-Atari game console designer
In the nascent days of video games, gaming consoles had limitations — namely, users were limited to one game, such as Al Alcorn’s groundbreaking Pong. But a group of engineers at the semiconductor company Fairchild — including the subject of...
Q&A with 10-time Channel Chief, Neal Bradbury
Earlier this week, CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, announced its 2022 list of Channel Chiefs. For the 10th year in a row, Neal Bradbury, SVP of Barracuda MSP was named to the prestigious list, which is published annually...
Hybrid remains dominant approach to cloud computing
A global survey of 256 IT and security professionals conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) finds just shy of two-thirds of respondents (61 percent) are employing some form of hybrid cloud computing.
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apple Releases High-Priority Updates to Mac OS and iOS
Threat Update After a browser fingerprinting and fraud detection detected an actively exploited vulnerability (which can be tracked as CVE-2022-22587) in Apple’s Safari 15 browser, Apple has released updates that fix the bug (iOS 15.3 and macOS Monterey 12.2). This...