Category: Security
Tech Time Warp: The One-Two-Three Viral Punch of August 2003
August qualifies as the dog days of summer. It’s a good time to take it easy and use some PTO. But that’s not something the network administrators of 2003 could do, thanks to an onslaught of viruses. August 2003 brought...
What schools and MSPs need to be doing NOW
School buses are beginning to rumble down roadways, lunches are being packed, and playgrounds are bustling with children at play. Yes, schools are back in session. After a year of on-campus instruction essentially lost to the pandemic, the 2021-2022 school...
Barracuda innovates with new updates to RMM platform
Leveraging the right remote monitoring and management tool (RMM) has become a critical part of many leading MSPs’ efforts to bolster their cybersecurity offering. Barracuda recently enhanced its already robust, security-centric Barracuda RMM with its latest release, which offers MSPs...
Security awareness training can save businesses from ransomware
As businesses continue to suffer millions in losses from ransomware and other hacks, experts have repeatedly pointed to security awareness training as one of the most effective – and cheapest – tools for an MSP to wield against these types...
Podcast: How MSPs can protect against ransomware attacks, Episode 8
In the newest episode of the SmarterMSP Podcast, our hosts sat down with Fleming Shi, Chief Technology Officer at Barracuda Networks, to advise how MSPs can best establish a cybersecurity defense against ransomware attacks. You might remember that in our...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Cisco Releases Patches for Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Threat Update Cisco has provided fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities varying from medium to critical severity, which an unauthenticated attacker could exploit. Cisco Small Business RV340, RV340W, RV345, RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit, RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN routers...
Gone fishin’: Prime time for a cyberattack
With a seemingly sudden rash of successful ransomware attacks in recent months, it didn’t surprise some cybersecurity experts warning about the next cyberattack event. “When I first heard about the ransomware wave, I looked at the calendar and said `oh...
Spear phishing report: Attackers’ evolving tactics and targets
As cybercriminals adjust who they’re targeting most, all employees, not just top executives, need to be prepared for spear phishing attacks. Between May 2020 and June 2021, Barracuda researchers analyzed more than 12 million cyberattacks impacting more than 3 million...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Root Access by Way of Linux Kernel Bug
Threat Update Qualys’ research team has discovered a pair of vulnerabilities in the Linux operating system. While one is a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability, the other vulnerability is a stack exhaustion denial-of-service (DOS) vulnerability in the system. Both of...
Improper disposal of connected devices creates cybersecurity threat
Most companies are constantly refreshing their computers as technologies change, needs evolve, and security upgrades occur. As a result, there could be a cybersecurity threat collecting dust in a closet, or perhaps on its way to a dumpster. Furthermore, with...
