Results for: ransomware
2022 Cybersecurity Outlook: Stealth breaches, remote work, and human error
As 2021 comes to a close, Smarter MSP is talking with some of the best and brightest cybersecurity minds to take stock of the past year and get a sense of what to expect in terms of a cybersecurity outlook...
‘Tis the Season: Four Cybersecurity Predictions for MSPs
Cybersecurity is like ice cream or fashion, flavors and fads come and go, but the basics remain the same. 2021 brought a wave of ransomware and a realization that remote work is likely here to stay. Smarter MSP recently chatted...
Will 2022 be the year of AI in cybersecurity?
A lot of the hype around AI has diminished over the past year as companies struggled to manage their increasingly remote workforces during the pandemic. AI didn’t go away in 2021; it just didn’t grab headlines like the splashy and...
How a Security Operations Center (SOC) helps MSPs protect clients
In the third episode of The PT Services Group’s PT Buzz podcast, John Pojeta, Vice President of Business Development at PT, welcomes Jimmy Hatzell of Barracuda Managed XDR, for a conversation about how a Security Operations Center (SOC) can help...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Iranian APT Exploits Fortinet and Exchange Vulnerabilities
Threat Update Since as early as March 2021, the FBI and CISA have been monitoring an Iranian Government APT group that are currently exploiting a Fortinet vulnerability and a Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerability from October 2021. These vulnerabilities allowed the...
Tech Time Warp: Another dark side to a P2P network
Leaving aside those pesky copyright concerns, the users of file-sharing peer-to-peer (P2P) networks such as Napster, Gnutella, Limewire, and the like thought they had some pretty cool tools on their hands. But in addition to attracting the ire of the...
State of cybersecurity report reveals vulnerabilities
Smarter MSP has written frequently about the positive impact of employee training on cybersecurity readiness. Education and training are the cheapest and most effective weapons one has against bad actors. A recent report on cybersecurity and privacy underscores the vulnerability...
Don’t give hackers a happy holiday season!
Many people worldwide are beginning to prepare for the rush of shopping, festive gatherings, and visiting in-laws as the holidays ramp up. Previously, SmarterMSP has written about the cybersecurity dangers that holiday weekends pose, and the end-of-year holiday season is...
Podcast: How SOC-as-a-Service detects and prevents cyberattacks
In our previous episode of the SmarterMSP Podcast, Fleming Shi, Chief Technology Officer at Barracuda Networks, shared his insights on the best cybersecurity defense against ransomware attacks. In this latest episode, we continued the conversation with Jimmy Hatzell, discussing the...
2022 should see more spending on security
The annual State of IT report released by Spiceworks Ziff Davis, a global marketplace that connects technology buyers and sellers with the most actionable and precise intent data, shows that managed services spending is projected to increase in 2022. One specific...
