Category: Security
Increase in cyber resiliency is a trend for MSPs to follow
You can fortify your client’s network by installing firewalls, restricting lateral movements, putting MFA and VPNs in place, and implementing training. But sometimes, all the protections in the world aren’t good enough if someone makes a mistake and opens a...
How hackers use phishing in ransomware attacks
Phishing attacks work because people like to click on things. Hackers carefully tailor attacks to their victims by collecting publicly available personal information about them and playing to their sense of urgency to get a response. The attackers only need...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apache Zero-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited
Threat Update There are two vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Web Server version 2.4.49 that are under active exploitation. The first vulnerability enables an attacker to perform path traversal, file disclosure, and remote code execution (RCE) abilities. The second allows the...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: The recent Facebook outage
On October 4, 2021, the global social network Facebook and its associated platforms faced a global outage that lasted approximately six hours. This outage not only impacted all Facebook users, but it also blocked internal communication between its employees and...
Tech Time Warp: A Sober-ing tale for cybersecurity awareness month
The wriggling saga of the Sober worm is a cautionary tale worthy of a revisit during Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It’s a good reminder that once malware is on the loose, it’s hard to catch—and that it often undergoes a metamorphosis...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Twitch.tv Hacked with 125GB of Data Dumped
Threat Update On Wednesday, October 6th, 2021, the streaming platform Twitch confirmed that it had been breached. The party responsible for this attack dumped 125 GB of data to the Internet on Wednesday. The dump contains highly sensitive information for...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: VMWare vCenter PoC Exploit Available
Threat Update Recently, VMWare, a global virtualization and cloud computing vendor, was informed of a critical vulnerability that affects certain versions of its vCenter service. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to upload arbitrary files and execute...
Mobile malware poses risks and opportunities for MSPs
With the pandemic scrambling workforces, reliance on mobile devices for routine work has increased. This is creating some cybersecurity concerns and statistics illustrating the hold that mobile devices have on workplaces are startling. For example, in the United Kingdom, 60 percent of...
The PT BUZZ Podcast: Keys to MSP Security
The PT Services team recently launched the latest episode of our podcast, the PT Buzz. During this installment, we took a deep dive into MSP security, how it has shifted over the recent years, the impact that the pandemic has...
Cybersecurity Threat Update: Regarding the Recent Facebook BGP/DNS Outage
Threat Update On October 4, 2021, the global social network Facebook and its associated platforms faced a global outage that lasted approximately six hours. This outage not only impacted all Facebook users, but it also blocked internal communication between Facebook...
