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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apple macOS Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Apple has released an emergency update for a critical kernel privilege escalation vulnerability in macOS Big Sur 11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to utilize the app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Barracuda MSP recommends updating to the...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Zyxel Firewall vulnerability
Zyxel’s ATP, VPN, and USG FLEX series business firewalls are affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that allows unauthenticated malicious attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected devices. Over 20,800 devices have been affected by this vulnerability,...
Global MSP Day: A look back at 2021, and a glance forward at 2022
In 2021, MSP Day was a global success, with more than 400 partners making their voice heard on the things that really mattered to them. It provided us with a valuable insight into what worked, what MSPs really cared about,...
Hackers harvest agri-business ransomware
MSPs with a portfolio of clients that include nondescript agriculture and food processing businesses, often think they are off the radar of sophisticated international hackers. Yet, this is not the case at all.
Pioneers in Tech: Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of USB technology
For this week’s Pioneers in Tech, we’re looking into the story of the USB. Like so many now-ubiquitous innovations, USB technology has a fascinating origin story you probably don’t know—and it might make you think twice about the “old” USB...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Threat actors targeting VoIP provides with DDoS attacks
F5 has released a set of vulnerabilities including 17 high and 1 critical which affect the users of BIG-IP application delivery controller. The vulnerabilities provide malicious actors the ability to deploy crypto mining, ransomware, or other malicious files to the...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: TLStorm 2.0 vulnerabilities
Up to 5 vulnerabilities were uncovered within the use of the TLS protocol in multiple models of the Aruba and Avaya Network switches. These vulnerabilities, if exploited, can provide threat actors remote access to enterprise networks and to transfer confidential...
Tech Time Warp: The Love Bug Bites
One might say more than 3 million computer users had a bad date on May 4, 2000. In this week’s edition of Tech Time Warp, we’re going back to the day those users downloaded the ILOVEYOU virus, a Visual Basic...
Are you portraying yourself as a strategic partner?
Being an MSP has changed markedly over the years. In the early days (going back as far as being an application service provider or ASP), it was a given that most of the business would come from a web search....
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apache CouchDB critical vulnerability
Apache has released a patch for a critical remote privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache CouchDB 3.2.1 protocol. This vulnerability, if not patched, can allow threat actors to execute code on a targeted server or client without being authenticated. Barracuda MSP...
