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2024 by the numbers
The threat landscape is always churning, with new threats emerging while others disappear or fade to irrelevance. Consider ALPHV, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that provided the infrastructure, tools, and administrative services to the individual hacker who ransomed $22 million from Change Healthcare...
Insider threats expected to persist in 2025
SmarterMSP.com recently covered the topic of insider threats, but many experts continue to point to these types of threats as one of the biggest cybersecurity challenges impacting organizations in 2025. The Hacker News, for instance, says: Insider threats are expected...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Active exploitation of Ivanti’s Connect Secure VPN
A critical Ivanti Connect Secure VPN vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-0282, was disclosed. Threat actors are actively exploiting it in the wild, primarily targeting organizations relying on Ivanti’s Zero Trust Access (ZTA) solutions. Review this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to see how...
Pioneers in Tech: Peter de Jager, the oracle of Y2K
On page 115 of the Sept. 6, 1993, issue of Computerworld, a Canadian computer consultant named Peter de Jager launched an industry: responding to Y2K. Learn more about De Jager in this edition of Pioneers in Tech. De Jager warned:...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical vulnerabilities in SonicWall
SonicWall disclosed three critical vulnerabilities affecting the SonicOS firmware. These flaws include an authentication bypass affecting the SSL VPN and SSH management interfaces, which can enable attackers unauthorized access upon successful exploitation. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory for more...
Ask an MSP Expert: Unlocking the power of AI for marketing
As managed service providers (MSPs) continue to explore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), many are asking the innovative ways they can integrate AI into their operations. Logan Ochitwa and Andrew Down from Vendasta recently shared valuable insights in a...
Top 5 marketing opportunities for MSPs in 2025
As we enter 2025, it’s the perfect time for managed service providers (MSPs) to reflect on their marketing strategies. This past year has brought many lessons, and while we’ve seen some marketing efforts have hit the mark, others have fallen...
It is time for MSPs to embrace agentic artificial intelligence (AI)
I am willing to bet that almost every managed service provider (MSP) will, or at the very least, experiment with agentic AI in 2025. Rapid advances of large language models (LLMs) to probabilistically manage tasks have led IT vendors, IT...
AI-powered email security: How AI enhances integrated cloud email security
Barracuda recently launched new email protection plans that enable customers to fully defend their email environments with security tailored to their specific needs. Our first post in this series defined and explained the components necessary to defend against modern threats. In this post,...
Experts look ahead part 2: Cybersecurity in 2025
Last week, we consulted several cybersecurity experts to gain insights into potential threats that may emerge in 2025. Given the variety of opinions and expertise available, we decided to reach out again this week and compiled an equally diverse and...