Category: Security
How will the new Executive Order implementing ZTNA impact MSPs
Following the Colonial Pipeline attack, one of the most impactful ransomware attacks to-date, the United States government issued an Executive Order which detailed a course of actions aiming to improve the government’s cybersecurity standards, specifically with zero-trust (ZTNA) security. The...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2021
Threat Update Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release for May 2021 comes with a Windows update that will remediate a multitude of vulnerabilities. The update will patch 55 vulnerabilities, one of which is critical, 50 important, and one moderate. It also includes...
Barracuda delivers strong growth in cloud email security
We’re pleased to share some exciting milestones from our email protection business, which was accelerated by increased Office 365 adoption and higher demand for Barracuda Sentinel. “We continued to see great momentum across our email protection solutions last fiscal year,” said Don...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager Vulnerability
Threat Update The organization Hewlett Packard/HP provides many different technologies that are used on both a personal and business level. A vulnerability was recently discovered in one of their commonly used tools, HPE Edgeline Infrastructure manager. The vulnerability could allow...
DDoS “celebrates” 25th anniversary with a spike
The first documented widespread distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurred in 1996 when New York City-based internet provider, Panix, was attacked. The New York Times described it: Beginning Sept. 6 and continuing through at least last Tuesday, a hacker intent on shutting...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical Flaws in SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex Fixed by Cisco
Threat Update Cisco has released patches to address flaws in their SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex HX software that could allow unauthenticated users create admin accounts as a root user. Threat actors could utilize these flaws, if unpatched, to gain access...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Many Email Servers Impacted by 21Nails Vulnerabilities
Threat Update Developers behind Exim, a highly adopted mail transfer agent (MTA) solution have released a path to resolve 21 vulnerabilities. The developers have pushed this patch out in order to prevent threat actors from taking over servers using multiple...
Podcast: Adding ZTNA to your MSP’s security stack, Episode 4
In Episode 3 of the SmarterMSP Podcast, we discussed common MSP website mistakes that can hurt the sales efforts of service providers. In our latest episode, we turned our focus to managed security services, including zero-trust network access (ZTNA), which is...
Barracuda cited as leader in enterprise email security
Barracuda was among the companies invited to participate in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2021. In this evaluation, Barracuda was cited as a Leader in the category. The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2021 is a guide...
Five cybersecurity mistakes MSPs are making in 2021
Over the years, the MSP business has evolved, but in most cases, it was still relatively “formulaic.” For example, there was a process and a protocol for ferreting out security issues, that stayed pretty much the same from MSP to...
