Is Pax8 About to Disrupt the Way Enterprise Tech Is Distributed in Australia?

A new generation of managed service providers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific could soon use Pax8’s cloud SaaS marketplace to serve up and manage subscription products for business tech buyers. Continue reading Is Pax8 About to Disrupt the Way Enterprise Tech Is Distributed in Australia?

SolarWinds hackers kept busy in the year since the seminal hack, Mandiant finds

Hackers associated with the SolarWinds supply chain compromise have been busy in the year since that attack was revealed, compromising multiple cloud solution companies with the goal of stealing data relevant to Russian interests and finding routes to additional victims, new research reveals. Findings published Monday by a team of analysts at Mandiant collate previous observations and analysis — along with the efforts of “hundreds of consultants, analysts and reverse engineers — to paint a picture of potentially distinct groups working alongside or within a more established Russian intelligence hacking group known as Nobelium, a name given to the group by Microsoft. The group is also known as Cozy Bear. The U.S. government formally blamed the Russian government for the hack on SolarWinds, a federal contractor that, when breached as far back as January 2019, provided a path to compromising nine government agencies — including the departments of Treasury, Homeland […]

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For MSPs and SMBs, the Best Defense is an Educated Defense

There’s a systemic cybersecurity problem in the IT world. Managed service providers (MSPs) and their SMB customers are treading dark waters trying to pull together realistic security strategies and approaches that will alleviate the repercussions they… Continue reading For MSPs and SMBs, the Best Defense is an Educated Defense

MSPs Can Now Provide Managed Detection and Response with Cynet 360

MDR providers can provide a first-of-its-kind solution: Protection across the endpoints, user accounts and the network itself, in one solution. Continue reading MSPs Can Now Provide Managed Detection and Response with Cynet 360

SMBs Want Better Security. MSPs Struggle to Provide It

A look at the role MSPs play in securing SMBs and where they could use help themselves, as they deal with many of the same security issues In May, I wrote a post that focused on the SMB struggle to recognize and deploy good security, according to a su… Continue reading SMBs Want Better Security. MSPs Struggle to Provide It

SMBs Want Better Security. MSPs Struggle to Provide It

A look at the role MSPs play in securing SMBs and where they could use help themselves, as they deal with many of the same security issues In May, I wrote a post that focused on the SMB struggle to recognize and deploy good security, according to a su… Continue reading SMBs Want Better Security. MSPs Struggle to Provide It

The New Malware Target: MSPs, Domino Effect Ad Infinitum

via Renee Dudley, writing for ProPublica comes extraordinarily bad news for those of you laboring under the mistaken belief that Managed Service Providers (and their ilk) can be trusted.
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Parsing the Distinction Between AI & Machine Learning

Reading Time: ~4 min.I had the privilege of giving a keynote on one of my favorite topics, busting myths around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), during DattoCon 2018 this week. Webroot has been doing machine learning for more tha… Continue reading Parsing the Distinction Between AI & Machine Learning