Month: October 2023
Guarding the Gates: The rise of network protection in the 1990s
As part of our 5-part series on the evolution of cybersecurity, check out our second article below that covers how the security industry laid the groundwork for a more holistic approach to cybersecurity. We are continuing our series that explores...
Tech Time Warp: First CAN-SPAM conviction snares a phisher
Most of us have experienced that horrible, sinking feeling that comes with being tricked or nearly tricked by a phishing email. According to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, one of the organizations behind the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month,...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: HTTP/2 vulnerability
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google announced measures to mitigate unprecedented distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that utilize an innovative HTTP/2 Rapid Reset technique. In this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory, learn the details of this threat, what the risks are, and...
The acute phenomenon of the cybersecurity skills shortage
Despite ongoing efforts to train recruits, it doesn’t appear that the cybersecurity skills shortage is going to abate any time soon. A survey of 301 IT and cybersecurity professionals conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, an arm of TechTarget, on behalf...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Cisco IOS XE zero-day vulnerability
This latest Cybersecurity Threat Advisory involves a critical authentication bypass zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198) discovered in Cisco IOS XE software, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain full administrator privileges over affected routers and switches. This vulnerability is of utmost concern as it...
Threat Spotlight: How bad bot traffic is changing
Once used primarily by search engines, bots now have a variety of uses — both good and bad. The good bots are primarily search engine crawlers and other similar bots used for aggregating or monitoring content. These bots obey the...
Tip Tuesday: How to integrate full-service cybersecurity
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States. That makes it a fantastic time to strongly consider offering full-service cybersecurity as part of your managed service provider (MSP) stack. That decision can boost your revenue and show clients...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Significant increase of cyber incidents
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory sheds light on the recent global events between Israel and Hamas that have caused a surge in cyber incidents from hacker activists, also known as “hacktivists”. These attacks have been experienced on both sides of the...
The role of brand archetypes in MSP websites
One thing we always hear from MSPs during the discovery phase is they want to be different. At my MSP marketing company – Tech Pro Marketing – we manage websites and lead generation for growing MSPs. Most of the MSPs that...
Tech Time Warp: Is MFA the brainchild of a digital pirate?
In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, organizers have introduced a new evergreen theme: “Secure Our World.” Designed for year-round use, the theme encourages adoption of now-widely available security measures such as multi-factor authentication (MFA). Let’s get into this...
