Category: Security

The healthcare slice of the MSP pie continues to grow

The healthcare slice of the MSP pie continues to grow

For the second year in a row, the top security niche that MSPs are focusing in on, is the healthcare industry. As hospitals expand and medical wearables are becoming more common, organizations with skeletal IT staffs are looking more and...

/ June 19, 2019
MSP improves efficiency and secures healthcare clients

MSP improves efficiency and secures healthcare clients

San Antonio-based Information Technology Strategic Communications LLC (iTSC) specializes in IT and security services for healthcare providers throughout Texas and Colorado. Co-Founders Michelle Richard and Angel Rosa serve clients that include microhospitals, urgent care facilities, ophthalmology, optometry, and dental offices....

/ June 19, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: DNSpionage Malware Finds New Way to Avoid Detection.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: DNSpionage Malware Finds New Way to Avoid Detection.

What is the threat? An attack campaign called DNSpionage – first detected in November 2018 – has recently resurfaced with new attack vectors and methodologies. This attack campaign redirects users via unauthorized DNS modification to malicious versions of job posting...

/ June 17, 2019

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Spam Campaign Redirects Attachments to Malicious Websites

What is the threat? A new spam campaign has been discovered: These spam emails will have subject lines of “Delivery [number]”, such as “Delivery 0802” (which may appear to be from a legitimate package tracking service, vendor, or online shop)...

/ June 17, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: AMCA Healthcare Hack

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: AMCA Healthcare Hack

What is the threat? The compromise of the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a third-party bill collection vendor, has potentially impacted the personal data of over 20 million patients across three laboratory services providers. Why is this noteworthy? Personal data...

/ June 15, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: APT Group Uses Text-Based Steganography Attack Technique

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: APT Group Uses Text-Based Steganography Attack Technique

What is the threat? On June 5, Kaspersky researchers revealed a highly sophisticated cyberespionage campaign by the advanced persistent threat (APT) group “Platinum” which employs new text-based steganography techniques to obscure their communication and install malware and a backdoor on...

/ June 14, 2019
Tech Time Warp: First mobile malware makes its debut

Tech Time Warp: First mobile malware makes its debut

Back in the pre-smartphone days, an international group of hackers set out to prove no technology was safe from malware. In June 2004, the group 29A — 29A being the hexadecimal version of “666” — released the first virus targeting...

/ June 14, 2019
Cryptojacking is making a comeback

Cryptojacking is making a comeback

Black Squid has washed up on the cyber-shores of the United States, after first being spotted in Thailand. Unlike its oceanic counterparts, this cyber squid is destructive. Beincrypto describes the threat like this: It uses tactics such as anti-virtualization, anti-debugging,...

/ June 12, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Malware Campaign Targets Certain Windows Servers

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Malware Campaign Targets Certain Windows Servers

What is the threat? A recent malware campaign is targeting Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin based servers using different techniques. According to Guardicore Labs, the malware has breached over 50,000 servers that belong to companies in the healthcare, telecommunications, media and...

/ June 11, 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Phishing Email Scam Targets Companies by using Legal Threats

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Phishing Email Scam Targets Companies by using Legal Threats

What is the threat? A recent phishing campaign targeting businesses using legal threats has been detected in which businesses are receiving emails claiming to be from law firms notifying them that they are being sued. The emails have a Microsoft...

/ June 11, 2019