Tag: cyber security
Threat detection emerges as major opportunity for MSPs
Threat detection appears to be all the rage when it comes to IT security. Both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are becoming much more focused on providing threat detection services. In the case of AWS, that means acquiring sqrll,...
Tech Time Warp: The Not-So Happy99 Worm
The email users of January 1999 were an innocent bunch. Fresh from seeing “You’ve Got Mail” at the box office, they received emails with the attachment Happy99.exe and thought nothing about double-clicking. One rather lame “fireworks” display later, most of...
Ask an MSP Expert: What security solutions should I add to my portfolio?
Q: In 2018, we want to grow our MSP business by adding managed security solutions to our portfolio. How can we make the move strategically, and what solutions should we add first? Growing your portfolio can be challenging, but it...
The most telling cyber-attacks and data breaches of 2017
You’re not imagining things if it feels like you saw more headlines in the past 12 months about massive cyber-attacks and big companies being breached than you did in the past. 2017 was a year that saw ransomware become a...
Tip Tuesday: How to protect your SMBs from phishing
Over the past year, phishing attacks have become more sophisticated, which can lure even the most tech savvy users into clicking a malicious link. Online holiday shopping has begun, and hackers are still preying heavily on shoppers looking for deals....
Ransomware hits primetime TV
Over the past few years, ransomware has really taken over. First our computers, then news headlines, and now our TVs. This popular threat has been popping up on TV shows everywhere, including Mr. Robot, Black Mirror, and more recently, Grey’s...
Ask an MSP Expert: How can I use recent breaches to teach my SMBs?
Q: There have been a lot of cybersecurity attacks in the news lately, especially the Equifax breach. How can I use these scenarios as teachable moments for my SMB customers without scaring them? In the past few years, cyber crime...
What is a phlashing attack?
Throughout the past year, our inboxes and RSS feeds have been flooded with news about malware and ransomware. But what about phlashing attacks? Phlashing attacks have been designed by hackers with one sole purpose: to infect and permanently damage —...