Category: Security
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Healthcare Providers Fall Victim to Ransomware Attacks
What is the threat? There has been a significant increase in ransomware attacks in recent months and the healthcare industry appears to be the prime target for these hackers. SKOUT CYBERSECURITY is tracking a recent trend where medical providers and...
Credential security best practices for your MSP tools
End customers are being targeted and infected with ransomware via their relationships and connections to MSPs, with increasing frequency. Some attackers even go as far as accessing customer credentials from the remote management consoles of the MSP to successfully distribute...
Ask an MSP Expert: How can we improve customers’ security posture?
Q: In today’s world, we know that security is a vital part of any managed service provider’s offering. How can we better position our security portfolio while improving our customers’ security posture? When small and medium businesses look to partner...
The healthcare slice of the MSP pie continues to grow
For the second year in a row, the top security niche that MSPs are focusing in on, is the healthcare industry. As hospitals expand and medical wearables are becoming more common, organizations with skeletal IT staffs are looking more and...
MSP improves efficiency and secures healthcare clients
San Antonio-based Information Technology Strategic Communications LLC (iTSC) specializes in IT and security services for healthcare providers throughout Texas and Colorado. Co-Founders Michelle Richard and Angel Rosa serve clients that include microhospitals, urgent care facilities, ophthalmology, optometry, and dental offices....
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: DNSpionage Malware Finds New Way to Avoid Detection.
What is the threat? An attack campaign called DNSpionage – first detected in November 2018 – has recently resurfaced with new attack vectors and methodologies. This attack campaign redirects users via unauthorized DNS modification to malicious versions of job posting...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Spam Campaign Redirects Attachments to Malicious Websites
What is the threat? A new spam campaign has been discovered: These spam emails will have subject lines of “Delivery [number]”, such as “Delivery 0802” (which may appear to be from a legitimate package tracking service, vendor, or online shop)...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: AMCA Healthcare Hack
What is the threat? The compromise of the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a third-party bill collection vendor, has potentially impacted the personal data of over 20 million patients across three laboratory services providers. Why is this noteworthy? Personal data...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: APT Group Uses Text-Based Steganography Attack Technique
What is the threat? On June 5, Kaspersky researchers revealed a highly sophisticated cyberespionage campaign by the advanced persistent threat (APT) group “Platinum” which employs new text-based steganography techniques to obscure their communication and install malware and a backdoor on...
Tech Time Warp: First mobile malware makes its debut
Back in the pre-smartphone days, an international group of hackers set out to prove no technology was safe from malware. In June 2004, the group 29A — 29A being the hexadecimal version of “666” — released the first virus targeting...
