Category: Security
Podcast: Educating untrained end-users, Episode 2
In the first episode of the SmarterMSP Podcast, we talked about the cyberthreat landscape trends to watch out for in 2021. In Episode 2 of the SmarterMSP Podcast, we invited Kevin Williams, journalist and author at a variety of publications...
Barracuda enhances service offering for security-centric MSPs
Managed service providers (MSPs) are facing a perfect storm. The expanded remote workforce, acceleration of digital transformation, increased rate of cloud adoption, and rapidly evolving threat landscape are all driving a laser-focus on MSP cybersecurity. On top of all this,...
Threat Spotlight: Vaccine-related phishing
Beware of phishing campaigns that use the COVID-19 vaccination as a hook. In the same way they’ve capitalized on the global pandemic with coronavirus-related phishing attacks, cybercriminals are now trying to leverage the vaccine to steal money and personal information. The FBI issued a...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Mobile Security Threats
Threat Update Multiple potential mobile threats have emerged recently, with T-Mobile disclosing a data breach caused by SIM swapping attacks, and news surfacing of the Android “SHAREit” app allowing attackers to steal user information. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow for...
Silver Sparrow malware comes home to roost in Macs
Something unusual has made news recently: Mac malware. The usually highly fortified – and pricier – Mac OS is much less prone to malware intrusions. But the discovery of Silver Sparrow malware, a malware that runs on both Intel and...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: HAFNIUM Targeting Exchange Servers with Zero-day Exploits
Threat Update Microsoft has released several security updates due to targeted attacks against vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Exchange Server (versions 2013, 2016, and 2019). Though the attacks are said to have been limited, Microsoft is urging the immediate updating of...
MSPs find opportunity in cloud security gaps
Cloud security issues are creating a major opportunity for managed service providers (MSPs) as organizations of all sizes continue to struggle with the shared responsibility model that cloud service providers require customers to embrace. A survey of 303 IT professionals...
Ask an MSP Expert: How can my MSP incorporate a “security-first” mindset into our offerings?
Q: Security is an obvious focus for our MSP, but how do we encapsulate a “security-first” mindset into our offerings when we are building them? Nowadays, when you are constructing your MSP’s service offering, security needs to be front and...
IoT security and MSPs: Just the beginning
The continued proliferation of IoT will present both challenges and opportunities for MSPs in 2021. Projections put the number of IoT devices by 2021 at over 35 billion. This parade of IoT devices ranges from security cameras to appliances to...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical VMware Vulnerabilities
Threat Update VMware has released an advisory detailing newly discovered vulnerabilities across multiple products, namely ESXI, vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation. The severity of these vulnerabilities varies but included among them is a remote code execution vulnerability that has received...
