Category: Security
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...
Webinar: How many advanced threats are hiding in your inbox?
As an MSP, you know that email security is getting more important every day because ransomware and other advanced threats are on the rise. According to a report from Verizon, 92.4 percent of all malware attacks are delivered through email....
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Zoom Vulnerabilities and Zoom Bombing
Advisory Overview After a recent spike in usage due to global social distancing guidelines, multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Zoom. In addition, the ever growing userbase is seeing a rise in the number of “Zoom Bombing” attacks. These threats...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Cyber Criminals Target Zoom Domains
Advisory Overview With the vast increase in the number of employees working remotely due to COVID-19, malicious actors are attempting to exploit uninformed users with fraudulent sites and applications. The nature of these attempts varies, but overwhelmingly rely on a...
Ask an MSP Expert: What is conversation hijacking and how can I protect against it?
Q: Lately we have heard a lot about emerging conversation hijacking threats. What does conversation hijacking entail and how can my MSP business prevent it from negatively affecting our customers? Hackers and other bad actors are always inventing new methods...
Threat Spotlight: Coronavirus-related phishing
As much of the world grapples with the new coronavirus, COVID-19, and how to handle it, attackers are taking advantage of the widespread discussion of COVID-19 in emails and across the web. Barracuda researchers have seen a steady increase in...
MSP community starts to circle the cybersecurity wagons
It appears the managed services provider (MSP) community may finally be coming to the conclusion that it’s time to come to each other’s mutual aid, rather than hanging separately. CompTIA has announced it will be assuming the leadership of a...
Beyond phishing: Best practices for working from home
Millions of workers worldwide are now finding themselves employed remotely. They are trying to keep the gears of earth’s economy turning, even as the COVID-19 causes many industries to halt. Working from home has created unfamiliar terrain for many people...
