Category: Security
New tools could help users be more security savvy
When it comes to security, your end users are often a weak link in your safety regimen. It’s not because they are malicious or careless. It’s because they often don’t know any better, making them vulnerable to social engineering and...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: D-Link Routers Unauthenticated Vulnerability
Advisory Overview Several older D-Link routers have a known vulnerability that can allow an attacker to use a legitimate communications channel in illegitimate ways. Through this vulnerability, and attacker could send program code or files that can allow the attacker...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Microsoft NTLM Flaws May Allow Full Domain Compromise
Advisory Overview NTLM is one of several methods that can be used to authenticate and confirm the identity of a user within a Windows-based network. Two flaws in NTLM were recently found which could allow an attacker to trick NTLM...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: TransUnion Incident: Credit Info Exposed
Advisory Overview: TransUnion, a credit reporting bureau, recently began notifying some consumers that their credit information had been obtained by an unauthorized person or persons. The access occurred when a threat actor illegally accessed a TransUnion website that allows businesses...
AI meets vishing
Artificial intelligence is making its presence felt in everything from Amazon’s Alexa to factory floor industrial applications. AI-infused software is ramping up its predictive capabilities and strengthening its algorithmic methodology to become more accurate. Of course, AI can be abused....
How to take a security-centric approach with your RMM
Q: We recognize that cybersecurity needs to be a priority for our MSP. How can we use the tools we have — or similar tools — to recognize vulnerabilities and anomalies in our customers’ network? Cybercriminals are very good at...
Tech Time Warp: Royalty and celebrities swept up in UK phone hacking scandal
Your smartphone carries a huge amount of personal data — and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a good time to safeguard your mobile phone with best practices such as the use of strong passwords, keeping software up to date, being...
IoT devices are the office version of baby monitors
As the Dad to a three and six-year-old, the days of baby monitors was not that long ago. I owned a baby monitor, but I rarely used it because it also unnerved me. Baby monitors have a well-documented and inherent...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: American Express Breach by Ex-employee
Advisory Overview American Express – a provider of credit, travel, and other business and personal finance services –advised some customers on September 30, 2019 that their personal and American Express account information may have been compromised and may be used...
Ask an MSP Expert: How can my MSP provide security for manufacturing clients?
Q: My MSP is located in an industrialized city and an increasing amount of our clients are manufacturing facilities. What can we do to keep our manufacturing clients safe? First of all, congratulations on posing the question — this means...
