Category: Featured
Cybersecurity insurance becomes a barometer for MSPs
Managed service providers (MSPs) looking to minimize their cybersecurity risks might want to take notice of how many of their customers have cybersecurity insurance. A survey of 500 small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) conducted by Cowbell, a provider of cybersecurity insurance, finds...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical MOVEit transfer vulnerability
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in MOVEit Transfer, a commonly used managed file transfer (MFT) solution developed by Progress Software. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the...
Tech Time Warp: Making nothing of mobile malware
An early case of mobile malware provoked an interesting reaction from pundits: swift dismissal as much ado about nothing. In June 2000, users of mobile phones made by the Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica began receiving strange text messages. The messages...
Celebrating the resiliency of MSPs on Global MSP Day 2023
Global MSP Day 2023 has arrived! For the sixth year in a row, we will be celebrating the growth and opportunities that continue to abound for MSPs within the ever-changing managed services industry. And as part of this annual celebration,...
Global MSP Day 2023: Q&A with our thought leaders
It’s an exciting week for the managed service provider (MSP) community – Global MSP Day 2023 is tomorrow! On June 1st, we’ll be celebrating, networking, and learning alongside MSPs around the world. This day would not be possible without the...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: AWS exploited for crypto mining operation
Indonesian cybercriminals are exploiting Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances to carry out illicit crypto mining activities. The GUI-vil group has been identified as the threat actors on this exploit. What is the threat? GUI-vil, a financially motivated threat actor, leverages...
A look into IT service provider spending habits
A survey of nearly 400 IT service providers, MSPs, and other professional service companies finds well over half (58 percent) have increased their suppliers over the past three years, with 26 percent keeping the number of vendors they work with...
View of AI: an expert’s take on its impact
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a slowly growing part of the cat-and-mouse game between cybercriminal and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)/Managed Service Provider (MSP) since the first crude AI tools became available decades ago. But AI has exploded into the...
Tech Time Warp: Burning questions about Flame’s origins
The Flame virus first flickered publicly in May 2012 when the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union requested the hacking of Iranian computers be investigated. Although not widespread — only a few hundred targeted computers were thought to have been infected...
Global MSP Day 2023: The secret to thriving and growing in the MSP industry
How does a full day of networking and learning with your fellow MSPs around the world sound? If you want to know the latest trends and challenges facing IT professionals, then don’t miss this year’s annual Global MSP Day 2023,...
