Category: Security
MSPs (and SMBs) can benefit from zero trust cybersecurity
The way network security has tended to work is you have a set of people you trust like employees, who you usually let in via username and password. This approach worked great when everyone was inside the firewall, but we...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Numerous IOT Cameras Hacked
Threat Update Verkada Inc, an organization providing IOT security cameras to public and private organizations across the globe, has reportedly had its camera systems compromised. Attackers claim to have breached the organization and accessed both live and archived camera feeds...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: F5 Big IP Vulnerability
Threat Update Network provider, F5 Networks, a leading networking provider for businesses everywhere, has announced the discovery of multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities. There are four of these RCE vulnerabilities, which effect most BIG-IP and BIG-IQ software versions. Successful exploitation...
The long-term cybersecurity legacy of COVID-19
COVID vaccines are starting to be distributed and administered, cases have dropped, and a real sense of post-pandemic optimism pervades the planet as springtime begins in the northern hemisphere. Despite all of the real-world and cybersecurity challenges that came about...
Q&A: A new security opportunity for MSPs in ZTNA
Barracuda MSP recently introduced a new security solution, Barracuda CloudGen Access, to its MSP partners. The solution can help MSPs protect their customers’ resources and data regardless of what device users are using and from where. The innovative Zero Trust...
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...
