Category: Featured
Pioneers in Tech: Dorothy Vaughn, one of the women of Apollo
The woman who became NASA’s first Black manager was honored in July with the renaming of a central building at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Learn all about her trailblazing career in this edition of Pioneers in Tech! On...
Content creation platforms leveraged for phishing attacks
Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving field, and as new solutions are introduced to better detect and defend against cyberthreats, attackers in turn need to adapt their tactics to try and evade those solutions. For example, Barracuda threat analysts have recently identified...
Ask an MSP Expert: Secrets to thriving in a fast-changing industry
Staying ahead of the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape requires more than just technological prowess from a managed service providers (MSP). It demands a deep understanding of industry dynamics, and a robust network built off trust and collaboration. In the...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Veeam Backup security flaws
There were recently six vulnerabilities discovered in Veeam Backup and Replication. One of them is an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), while the other five include authenticated RCE, arbitrary file deletion, low-privileged multi-factor authentication (MFA) setting modification and MFA bypass,...
Tech Time Warp: Back to school and back to hacks
Now that we are past Labor Day, school is back in session across the United States—which means summer vacation is over for cybercriminals, too. Let’s dive into this week’s edition of Tech Time Warp. The education sector is increasingly a...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Cicada3301 ransomware variant
A new ransomware variant has been found, known as Cicada3301. It exhibits similarities to the defunct BlackCat (ALPHV) operation, and it targets both Windows and Linux systems. Review the details in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how this variant...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Chrome zero-day vulnerability
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Chrome has been identified, allowing unauthorized access and potential remote code execution on affected systems. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory for more information and to safeguard your systems now. What is the threat? The...
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...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: VMware ESXi vulnerability exploited by BlackByte ransomware
BlackByte ransomware group is actively exploiting CVE-2024-37085, a recently patched authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware ESXi hypervisors. The exploitation of this flaw has led to the deployment of ransomware across victim networks. BlackByte ransomware group has marked it as a...
Data migration expertise: A must-have for MSPs
Managed service providers (MSPs) that have data migration expertise are finding their services are in more demand than ever. A survey of 300 application and software development, IT, and security leaders conducted on behalf of Onymos, found that more than...
