Month: December 2023
Tubbservatory round-up: Tools and resources for your MSP
Every week, Richard‘s keeping a keen eye out, bringing you five essential resources that every IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) should have on their radar. Welcome to the Tubbservatory – your weekly treat, chock-full of handpicked articles, podcasts, and events that...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: SQL injection vulnerability with 3CX
3CX advised customers that the SQL database integration has been disabled due to CVE-2023-49954. Businesses that use MongoDB or any of their web-based customer relationship management (CRM) integration templates are not affected. Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to gain details...
Top posts from SmarterMSP in 2023
If we take anything from this past year, it’s that 2023 has been a busy year for managed service providers. From taking advantage of new opportunities, learning about evolving trends, staying on top of emerging cyber threats, and most importantly...
HHS offers additional guidance to MSPs
An increasing number of MSPs are finding profitability in specialization. Some niche MSPs specialize in manufacturing clients, others with accounting firms, and others find plenty of work in education and healthcare. Of course, plenty of MSPs still carry a variety...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: End-of-Life firewalls actively exploited
Sophos recently addressed a critical vulnerability CVE-2022-3236 involving end-of-life (EOL) firewalls that had been actively exploited. The vulnerability prompted Sophos to release patches for unsupported firewalls after reports of successful attacks on these systems surfaced. Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory...
Tech Time Warp: Public sees glimpse of computing’s future on TV
In this edition of Tech Time Warp we see how sixty-nine years ago this week, the public got a televised glimpse of computing innovations we now take for granted. On Dec. 14, 1954, legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow featured the...
Optimism for IT spending in 2024
A survey of 1,000 business leaders in North America and Western Europe conducted by Endava, a provider of managed services, finds a full 81 percent are optimistic about where the economy is heading, with 75 percent planning IT spending and...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New malware campaign from Log4j security flaw
The hacker group, known as Lazarus, is linked to a global campaign. It involves an old security flaw found in Log4j to deploy previously unknown remote access trojans (RATs) on compromised hosts. To learn more and limit the impact of...
Cyberthreat predictions for 2024 from Barracuda’s security frontline
Predicting the future is difficult, but you can anticipate what is likely to happen by looking at how things have evolved over the past year. This year again, Barracuda asked colleagues who work on the security frontline, from XDR and offensive...
Closing the Coverage Gap: Cyber insurance vs. cyber warranties
Cyber insurance has become a must for businesses. However, the rise in premiums and application hurdles has prompted the emergence of cyber warranties, a crucial financial protection for MSPs and their customers. Cyber insurance has become a critical form of...
