Tag: cyber security
Tech Time Warp: Worm named Code Red wakes users up to security risks
In this week’s tech time warp we look at how, following a month of DDoS attacks and security bulletins—including an attack on whitehouse.gov—computer users were on high alert Aug. 1, 2001, as they waited to see whether the Code Red...
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...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical Java Zero-Day Vulnerability
A critical remote code vulnerability has emerged in Log4j, a Java Logging package that is used in a number of software products and platforms from organizations like Apache, Apple, Twitter, Tesla and Steam. This vulnerability impacts almost every Java application...
Ask an MSP Expert: How can I get the most value from my RMM?
The evolving cyberthreat landscape has come into full focus within the past few years, leaving MSPs to prioritize keeping their customers fully protected. For many MSPs, this means maximizing the value from their cybersecurity offering, specifically their remote monitoring and...
New eBook: 6 Can’t-Miss Opportunities for MSPs in 2021
MSPs face an unprecedented amount of exciting change and opportunities in 2021, as the world recovers from a global pandemic and the shifts in the workforce and cybersecurity landscapes that ensued because of it. The widespread emergence of 5G, AI,...
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...
Tech Time Warp: Father Christmas worm visits NASA
Even hackers get into the holiday spirit. The Santy worm brought unwelcome gifts in December 2004, and the CHRISTMA EXEC brought a charming ASCII tree to screens in 1987. On December 22, 1988, the Father Christmas worm traveled to NASA...
Cybersecurity service providers need to band together
Managed security service providers (MSSPs) along with global systems integrators that focus on security have a unique marketing and sales challenge. A recent global survey of 2,404 business decision makers conducted by B2B International on behalf of STANLEY Security, a...
Zero-Tolerance: Cheap cybersecurity is always a bad bargain
Cybercriminals have discovered a simple trick for multiplying their effectiveness: target MSPs themselves. If breaching one business’ systems is like slipping past a security guard unnoticed, infiltrating an MSP is like stealing that guard’s whole key ring. A successful MSP...
Rethinking personally identifiable information in 2021
In a year full of data breaches, ransomware, and phishing, now is a good time to put things into perspective and perhaps rethink data security for the coming year. The fact is, all cybersecurity is created equal, and not all...
