Tag: cyberthreats
30 tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
In collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Alliance, the National Cybersecurity Division of the Department of Homeland Security has been recognizing National Cybersecurity Awareness Month every October since 2004. The goal is to educate individuals and businesses on cyber risks and...
Insider threats continue to raise concerns
Much of the attention in cybersecurity has focused on overseas threats, such as the war in Ukraine and other robust cybercriminal activities in China and Iran. However, data shows that sometimes the most significant danger isn’t from some faraway hacker...
Malvertising makes a comeback
Malvertising is nothing new. But often times for hackers, what’s old is new again. “Cybersecurity is like a game of whack-a-mole, you punch one threat down, and it pops up someplace else later,” says Max Jennings, a cybersecurity expert in...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New FortiOS patches available
Today, Fortinet disclosed information regarding a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute code without authentication. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42475, has a severity score of 9.3. Fortinet mentioned that they are aware of an instance where it has...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New VMware patches available
This week, VMware released three security patches for a critical authorization bypass vulnerability in the Workspace ONE Assist solution. The vulnerability could potentially allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and elevate their privileges within the system. The vulnerabilities are tracked as...
Barracuda XDR Insight: Threat severity rises during vacation months
1-in-5 cyberthreats detected between June and the end of September 2022 were higher risk, compared to just 1-in-80 in January. XDR data shows that between June and September, the top threats were successful Microsoft 365 logins from a suspicious country...
Defending government and education organizations against cyberthreats
Every organization and individual is a potential target for cyberattacks, but the SLED (state, local, and education) market faces heightened risk. State and local government agencies and educational institutions are high-profile targets with tons of sensitive data and typically very...
Beyond ransomware: A look at other malware threats
There continues to be a lot of focus on ransomware and how it continues to infiltrate companies and institutions. But ignoring “good old-fashioned malware” – a catch-all term for a huge grab-bag of nasty stuff, including DDoS, credential swiping, bank account scraping,...
A look at back-to-school cyberthreats
As we discussed last week, back-to-school brings out hackers and cybercriminals. This week we’ll look at some of the specific threats that schools, educators, and even students face this year and what MSPs can to do help protect their education...
