Category: Security
Cybersecurity: MSPs, healthcare clients, and COVID-19
The American Medical Association (AMA) reports that during the current COVID-19 pandemic, many physicians are working from home, using their personal computers and mobile devices to help care for patients. Medical work from home (MWFH) can lead to all sorts...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Maze Ransomware Hits Cognizant
Advisory Overview Cognizant was recently hit by the Maze ransomware. Maze is known for publicly shaming companies by leaking their data online until they pay a ransom, limiting the efficacy of backups in mitigating damage. The exact attack vector is...
Tax scam season arrives
While your clients are busy preparing for the impact of coronavirus shutdowns on their businesses, MSPs must stay vigilant when it comes to the annual influx of tax scams. In the past, these scams centered around W-2 form theft. Because...
Tech Time Warp: The 411 on the 414s
Some hackers break into networks in search of confidential information, often with the idea of selling it on the dark web. Others want to disrupt a competitor’s operations. But for some, the hacking itself is the primary goal: Can it...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Hackers Targeting Microsoft SQL Servers
Advisory Overview A new brute force hacking campaign called “Vollgar” targets Microsoft SQL Servers with weak passwords. The campaigns installs a malicious payload to steal information, remote control, and hide its own activity. SKOUT has provided a link to a...
MSPs can help combat “Zoombombing”
The coronavirus crisis has brought with it a host of new cybersecurity worries from increased phishing attempts to work-at-home vulnerabilities. Add to that the employment uncertainty both at the MSP and client level, and there’s a lot to deal with...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical VMware Bug (CVE 2020-3952)
Advisory Overview There is a high severity vulnerability in VMware vCenter which could allow an attacker the ability to compromise all virtual machines on a server. The critical flaw scored a 10 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring...
Why going ‘security-first’ is key
It’s a cyberthreat perfect storm. Today’s cyberthreat climate, coupled with businesses’ digital transformation and the increase in the remote workforce, makes taking a ‘security-first’ approach crucial for MSPs to be efficient and effective in managing and securing customers’ networks, data,...
More work-from-home pitfalls emerge
As remote working has become the new normal for enterprises of all sizes there continue to be adjustments and pitfalls for both the MSP, and the workforce to navigate. Some companies have been working almost exclusively remotely for nearly a...
MSSPs need to strike careful economic balance
Justifying the value of cybersecurity has always been a challenge because managed service providers (MSPs) are trying to ascribe a cost to an event they hopefully prevented from occurring in the first place. In effect, defining the savings derived from...
