Category: Security
Q&A: Barracuda’s enhanced offering for email and endpoint protection
Expanding and improving security service offerings has become of critical importance to most MSPs over the last few years. Today, Barracuda is pleased to announce major updates to its security offerings for MSPs to enable its partners to do just...
Securing 5G cloud infrastructure
5G cybersecurity is becoming a hot topic among MSP owners and engineers. Recently, I’ve spoken to many MSP owners who have had questions. As 5G gradually rolls out in markets across the USA and Canada, its arrival will usher in...
Tech Time Warp: Microsoft offers $250,000 to catch the makers of Mydoom
Beginning in late January 2004, an email worm called Mydoom caught the attention of the world—and led Microsoft to offer $250,000 for information leading to its creator’s apprehension. At its peak, Mydoom accounted for approximately one-quarter of all email traffic...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New SysJoker Malware Targets Windows, Linux, and macOS
Threat Update SysJoker, a new multi-platform backdoor that attacks Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems was discovered in December 2021 and has been used to target a leading educational institution amongst other undisclosed organizations. The Linux and Mac versions of...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Releases Emergency Updates for Issues with Windows
Threat Update In response to critical bugs in its Patch Tuesday release for January 2022, Microsoft has released several out-of-band (OOB) updates to their Windows Server updates. After initially pulling these updates for further review on January 13, Microsoft made...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: “Karakurt” Threat Group Exfiltrating Data for Extortion
Threat Update A recently discovered threat group called “Karakurt” has compromised several small and medium-sized organizations by deploying ransomware dedicated to exfiltrating their sensitive data and extorting them for money with threats to publicly release said data. The “Karakurt” ransomware...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Google Releases First Patches for 37 Chrome Vulnerabilities
Threat Update In response to a critical use-after-free vulnerability and 36 more potential exploits, Google has released a series of updates to its Internet browser, Chrome. Barracuda MSP recommends that you update your browsers immediately to prevent cyber criminals from...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: VMware Patches Bug Affecting ESXi, Workstation and Fusion
Threat Update VMWare has released patches and workarounds for various products (including ESXi 6.5, 6.7 and 7, Fusion 12.x, Workstation 16.x, and VMware Cloud Foundation) to address a key security vulnerability that could be exploited by threat actors to gain...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Continued Log4j Scanning Activity
Threat Update In recent weeks, Microsoft has observed continued attempts by nation-state adversaries and commodity attackers to exploit security vulnerabilities uncovered in the Log4j open-source logging framework. Barracuda MSP’s Security Operation Center (SOC) is also observing scanning activity and exploit...
2022 Cybersecurity Outlook, Part 2: Talent Gap, Ransomware, Healthcare
This week, Smarter MSP continues our discussion with Dr. Nur Zincir-Heywood, a cybersecurity specialist and computer science faculty at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Key discussion points include specific cybersecurity challenges Canadian businesses need to be paying attention to...
