“Script Kiddies” get hacked—what it means about the cybercrime economy
The discovery of a Trojan disguised as software to help low-skill hackers build XWorm RAT malware indicates the maturity and complexity of the thriving cybercrime economy—and it reminds us that there’s no honor among thieves. Imagine that you are an ambitious...
MSP solutions: The Barracuda revenue multiplier
ChannelPro Networks recently posted a pair of ten-minute videos of interviews with two of Barracuda’s channel leaders, Greg Saenz and Alli Oneal, about the factors driving the growth of Barracuda’s managed service provider (MSP) business — and on the topic of using artificial...
Three new reports from ITRC: H1 breaches, 2023 trends, and a new toll scam
As longtime readers of this space already know, I’m a big fan of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Their regular breach reports provide lots of highly detailed statistics, their trend reporting is invaluable to help project the future of...
Barracuda SecureEdge SASE platform: Q&A with Stefan Schachinger
Barracuda has just launched its new Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, called Barracuda SecureEdge. Maybe you have some questions about it. I did. So, I sat down with Stefan Schachinger, Barracuda’s Senior Product Manager for Network Security. Stefan’s been involved in...
Make the most of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Since 2004, October has been recognized by the United States government as Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM). You can read the most recent presidential proclamation of CAM here. For those of us whose roles require us to be aware of cybersecurity year-round,...
Identity theft and identity fraud: What they are and how to fight back
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) does not spell out any distinction between identity theft and identity fraud, saying only that they: “…are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s...
Zero Trust, XDR, and digital transformation: Interview with Fleming Shi
For anyone involved in tech and security, it’s hard to avoid a blizzard of messaging and advertising around Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR). But it can be remarkably difficult to understand exactly what a...
