Category: Security
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: PHP Vulnerability Affects PHP-FPM
Advisory Overview NGINX is a highly popular website platform which utilizes many different plug-ins and add-ons to enhance its native functionality. NGINX websites which use PHP-FPM (a set of software technologies that work to improve website performance and page loading)...
Another ‘-ish’ MSPs need to watch
When it comes to MSPs, there is one set of letters that causes indigestion: ‘-ishing.’ Phishing is the biggest headache, of course. Successful phishing expeditions have led to many network breaches in businesses large and small. Recently on Smarter MSP,...
Partner Spotlight: How one MSP solved their email problems
In 2010, Tom Burtzlaff founded CMIT of Columbia. Over the years, Burtzlaff and his team built up the business to more than 50 managed services clients with a 97 percent customer retention rate. Earlier this year, the company was sold...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Exploit Found in Google Chrome
Advisory Overview Google Chrome is an extremely popular Internet Browser produced and distributed by Google for free. Within the last week, two vulnerabilities have been found in the browser that can allow an attacker to execute scripts and other actions...
Tech Time Warp: Jerusalem malware inspires antivirus industry
Even malware can produce silver linings — at least in the case of the Jerusalem virus, which inspired computer science students to develop some of the first antivirus software. In November 1987, Omri Mann and Yuval Rakavi were computer science...
MSPs need to help customers confront their cybersecurity fears
Halloween is supposed to that one day of the year when ghosts, goblins, and other supernatural threats are supposedly allowed to roam the land before the onset of the dark days of winter. Unfortunately, for cybersecurity professionals, every day feels...
Four areas MSPs need to consider while transitioning to 5G
For years we’ve anticipated 5G’s arrival, and as we approach 2020, you’ll be hearing about it more and more. Welcome to a world where data is transferred up to 100 times faster than current speeds. Countries like South Korea and...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Adobe Creative Cloud User Data Exposed
Advisory Overview: Security researchers discovered that subscriber information for Adobe’s Creative Cloud was exposed to the public due to an unencrypted database cache. Technical detail and additional information: What is the threat? Although the database storing customer information was secured,...
Ask an MSP Expert: Why is multi-factor authentication important?
Q: My customers don’t always understand the importance of multi-factor authentication and other cybersecurity practices. How can my MSP convince them that this is important and what else should we be teaching them? Cybercriminals are constantly adapting their tactics in...
Helping SMBs find the balance between low and high-tech cybersecurity strategies
Cybersecurity is among the top priorities for companies concerned with growing threats. Yet, many SMBs are not making cybersecurity a top priority. In fact, 43 percent of cyberattacks are targeted at SMBs, but only 14 percent are prepared for an...
