Category: Security
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Threat Actors Compromise FBI Email Platform
Threat Update On the evening of November 13, 2021, the FBI and CISA responded to multiple reports regarding messages sent from the FBI’s email infrastructure, which falsely warn users about a cyber attack. Their brief statement noted that the law...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Zero-Day Vulnerability Found in Palo Alto Security Appliances
Threat Update Researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability that can allow an attacker to launch Remote Code Execution attacks on a security appliance made by Palo Alto Networks. This discovery leaves 10,000 firewalls potentially vulnerable. Technical Detail & Additional Information...
Cybersecurity talent shortage poses cybersecurity risk
Many MSPs are in the same boat as restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and funeral homes: not enough workers. Some estimates point to 500,000 vacancies in cybersecurity-related jobs, and MSPs represent a share of those vacancies, lacking the cybersecurity talent to fill...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: BlackMatter Ransomware
The FBI, CISA, and NSA have released a joint advisory about the BlackMatter Ransomware gang. This group has been gaining traction with their attacks since July 2021 and claims to be the successor of the Darkside and REvil ransomware groups....
Get ready for Scams Awareness Week 2021!
Scams Awareness Week is an annual national campaign by the Scams Awareness Network, a group of Australian and New Zealand government agencies with responsibility for consumer protection. This year, the theme is ‘Let’s talk scams’ and will take place from...
Tech Time Warp: SCA virus infects the Commodore Amiga
The Commodore Amiga offered many firsts to computer users of the mid-1980s: 256 kilobytes of RAM, a 256-color display, and preemptive multitasking, not to mention a splashy celebrity debut (Andy Warhol used the Amiga to create a portrait of Debbie...
Don’t give hackers a happy holiday season!
Many people worldwide are beginning to prepare for the rush of shopping, festive gatherings, and visiting in-laws as the holidays ramp up. Previously, SmarterMSP has written about the cybersecurity dangers that holiday weekends pose, and the end-of-year holiday season is...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Ranzy Locker Ransomware Gaining Traction
Threat Update The FBI has warned that over 30 US-based companies have been hit by the Ranzy Locker ransomware by July this year. The alert, which was issued alongside CISA, notes that most of the victims were compromised by brute...
Podcast: How SOC-as-a-Service detects and prevents cyberattacks
In our previous episode of the SmarterMSP Podcast, Fleming Shi, Chief Technology Officer at Barracuda Networks, shared his insights on the best cybersecurity defense against ransomware attacks. In this latest episode, we continued the conversation with Jimmy Hatzell, discussing the...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Malware Used to Deploy Qakbot and Cobalt Strike
Threat Update Threat actors have begun using a new malware loader named Squirrelwaffle to gain an initial foothold in target networks and drop malware, including Qakbot and Cobalt Strike, onto compromised systems and networks in recent campaigns. Technical Detail &...
