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Tech Time Warp: How Mirai turned insecure IoT devices into a powerful botnet
Ten years ago, the tech world was abuzz with possibilities for the “Internet of Things” (IoT) — including bad actors. A hacker’s frustration sparks a bigger scheme In this case, the bad actors were a trio of college-age hackers whose...
AI drives changes to MSP certification
A certification many managed service providers (MSPs) use to validate their IT service practices now covers AI-enabled services, privileged identities, and third-party providers. The latest version of the Unified Certification Standard for Cloud and Managed Service Providers from MSPAlliance also...
Will AI recommend your MSP to buyers?
Key takeaways Your prospects ask AI for a list of MSPs before they ever search Google or visit a provider’s website. They describe their company, IT environment, security concerns, industry requirements, and location, then ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity which...
The MSP guide to managing supply chain risk
In 2026, supply chain attacks have become one of the most feared threats in cybersecurity, and for good reason. When attackers compromise a vendor with privileged access to multiple environments, they do not just breach one organization. They can potentially...
How MSPs can use AI to build better prospecting lists
AI can help with MSP sales prospecting, but I wouldn’t spend ten minutes asking an LLM to research every company before making a call. Instead, use AI to remove the administrative work that slows prospecting: cleaning lists, extracting data from...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Ransomware exploits Confluence servers
Feral Wolf has targeted Russian organizations through exposed Confluence servers, insecure 1C configurations, and compromised contractors, ultimately deploying ransomware. The campaign exploited the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability CVE-2023-22515. What is the threat? Feral Wolf is a financially motivated ransomware group that...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: WordPress Click2Shell flaw enables RCE
Researchers have disclosed a WordPress exploit chain known as Click2Shell, which was addressed in WordPress 7.1.1 as part of a security release containing 11 fixes. When combined with vulnerabilities in affected themes, the attack can lead to remote code execution...
Tech Time Warp: Lessons learned from the Yahoo breaches of the early 2010s
Ten years ago, Yahoo announced a massive security breach—the largest of its time. Account information for 500 million Yahoo users had been stolen in a hybrid state-sponsored and criminal hacker attack. When cyber espionage reached Yahoo The details sound straight...
AI is putting pressure on GSI contract renewals
A recent survey of 112 U.S.-based IT leaders at global enterprises suggests contract renewal discussions with global systems integrators (GSIs) may become more challenging. Market research firm UserEvidence conducted the survey on behalf of BigPanda, an AIOps platform provider. The...
Barracuda AI Data Security: The next MSP opportunity in the age of AI
AI is creating one of the biggest managed services opportunities in years. As customers rapidly adopt Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI tools, many are asking the same question: How do we take advantage of AI without exposing...
