Security News for MSPs

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s preparing to run an experiment in Chrome 86 as part of its fight against URL spoofing. read more

A Chinese threat actor tracked by Kaspersky as CactusPete was observed leveraging an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. read more

A security researcher found a severe TeamViewer vulnerability affecting Windows versions of the application 8 through 15, allowing attackers to steal system credentials. TeamViewer is a powerful tool for remote administration, but that also means it’s already a prime target for hackers and other bad actors. Vulnerabilities in TeamViewer are dangerous, and developers have to

Bitdefender Antispam Lab spotted an amusing extortion campaign yesterday. While many extortion scams use petty scare tactics to fool recipients into paying up, you can’t be worried if you don’t understand the scammer’s e-mail. Even though the subject of the email hints at a cyber-attack, the message is riddled with so many grammar and spelling

Group-IB security researchers have identified an advanced persistent threat group that has launched at least 26 targeted attacks since 2018. read more

The second-largest pharmacy chain in the US recently disclosed a data breach that may have compromised the personal health information (PHI) of more than 72,000 individuals across the United States. According to Walgreens spokesman Jim Cohn, prescription information of customers was stolen during May protests, when around 180 of the company’s 9,277 locations were looted.

There Are Times When a Given Plan May No Longer be Appropriate or Effective read more