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Kaseya VSA Security Alert

The Morning Breach

Updated 7/2/2021 - 17:51 ET. . Shortly after 2PM on Friday July 2, 2021 administrators of the Kaseya VSA (Remote Monitoring and Management) Software as a Service began to experience issues where users were locked out and customer agents were receiving scripts to deploy ransomware. What is happening?

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LAN Infotech Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2022

LAN Infotech

LAN Infotech Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2022. MSSP Alert, a CyberRisk Alliance resource, has named LAN Infotech to the Top 250 MSSPs list for 2022. The rankings are based on MSSP Alert’s 2022 readership survey combined with the site’s editorial coverage of MSSP, MDR and MSP security providers.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Helpful anecdotes are inserted throughout, balancing critical assessments where organizations and countries have not used available methods of risk assessment, and as a result, “…acting individually and through collective bodies, succeed neither in effective policy nor practice in reducing vulnerability of the built environment.” [p.

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Getting Ahead of Cybercriminals: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices

NexusTek

If you’re finding the prospect of staying ahead of cybercriminals overwhelming, you’re in good company: 88% of SMB leaders view their businesses as vulnerable to cybercrime 3. Patches and updates are routinely required to address known vulnerabilities that cybercriminals can target. Vulnerability Scanning. Why Is This Important?

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7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Fails

NexusTek

July 28, 2021. Without an accurate inventory of assets, patches and updates go unmonitored , increasing the vulnerabilities of such endpoints. Instead of just installing software and calling it a day, companies must conduct proactive preventative measures, including frequent infrastructure penetration tests and vulnerability scans.

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Stop Ransomware In Fort Lauderdale, Florida

LAN Infotech

The ransomware may also exploit network vulnerabilities and spread to other systems, possibly affecting your entire organization’s network. Data shows that in 2021 cyberattacks increased by nearly 50 percent over the previous year. As part of its continuing response to cybercrime, in July of 2021, the U.S.

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Money at Risk: Finance & Data Security in the Digital Age

NexusTek

Ransomware attacks plagued the industry in 2021, with 74% of financial services institutions reporting attacks 3. From 2021 to 2022, DDoS attacks on financial services companies rose 22% year-over-year, making the industry the most frequently targeted for this type of attack 5,6. 2021, June 22). link] Contreras, W.