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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Mylobot Malware Brings New Sophistication to Botnets
What is the Issue? Researchers have discovered a New Windows malware whose origin traces back to the ‘Dark Web.’ The malware, dubbed Mylobot, pulls together a variety of strategies and techniques to gain a foothold on its targets and remain...
Human vulnerability is the biggest cybersecurity threat
The culture of cybersecurity has been training its weapons in the wrong direction, according to Dr. Arun Vishwanath, the chief technologist at Avant Research Group and a former professor at the University at Buffalo. While ransomware, spearphishers, and general hackers...
Managed services could be the answer to backup woes
After years of reluctant uptake and cautious optimism, modern businesses have finally placed the proper level of importance on digital transformation efforts and the cloud. As a result, many of these modern businesses are soaring in productivity and profit.
The rise of malspam
If you are like me, you are probably finding it hard to believe that the first quarter of 2019 is almost over. It seems like a good time to stop and take a breath and look at what some of this...
Ask an MSP Expert: Is 24/7 monitoring necessary for MSPs?
Q: I’m the President of a small MSP in Wisconsin and I’m proud of our customer-service and problem-solving skills. However, my last tech goes home for the night at 11 p.m. and if a customer’s servers crash after that point,...
Coming to terms with offering managed security services
Cybersecurity has increasingly become table stakes for not just new projects, but also retroactively existing ones. Many managed service providers (MSPs) are now being required by customers to layer additional cybersecurity services on top of both new equipment and a...
6 areas for MSPs to watch in 2019
2019. We have a year to get comfortable with those four digits, and it’s a good thing because they will bring quite a few changes to the growing IoT ecosystem and a few security challenges. We know you’re busy unwrapping...
Smarter MSP’s top 10 posts of 2018
2018 has been an eventful year for us here at Smarter MSP, as we have continued our mission to deliver resources to help you develop your managed service business and make it more successful. We were fortunate enough to have...
When it comes to security, you’re never done
It’s safe to say that 2018 wasn’t a great year for security. Even the biggest companies in the world struggled to defend themselves against the constant onslaught of hacking attempts.
MSPs should plan now for a better IoT tomorrow
While it’s still early days as far as the Internet of Things (IoT) market opportunity is concerned, a new survey suggests the opportunity surrounding IoT could be massive. A global survey of 700 organizations conducted by ReRez Research on behalf...
