Cybersecurity

Most businesses, especially Small-Mid-size Businesses (SMB), outsource their IT to Managed Service Providers (MSP) to manage their network, servers, desktops, peripherals, and A/V needs. Most SMBs expect the MSPs to provide security coverage along with IT Support.

Business E-mail Compromise scams A spear phishing hacking group, working out of the United Kingdom and Nigeria, has been using business email compromise (BEC) scams and have stolen more than $12 million.

Ascent InfoSec, the cybersecurity practice of Ascent Innovations LLC, is one of the Top 100 Managed Security Services Providers according to the research that evaluates MSSPs globally and 80 of these firms are based in United States.

Reducing the time an attacker spends in an environment is a key to mitigate the damage they can do. While most Managed Security Services Providers (MSSPs) are adept at responding to security alerts, Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services…

According to an FBI and DHS warning, the Hidden Cobra hacker team in North Korea is using Joanap and Brambul malware to attack and access networks, primarily targeting media, aerospace, financial, and infrastructure companies.

The new cyber intelligence report expects that the monetary benefits will allure the use of crypto-mining malware and cryptocurrencies by cyber attackers this year. The cyber state attacker force is growing at an alarming rate. New bad actors.

Jay Leek, Managing Director at ClearSky and former CISO of Blackstone, talks about how ProtectWise is redefining how enterprises acquire, manage and operate security with its cloud-based platform.

One of the key findings from the survey of MSSP analysts conducted by Advanced Threat Analytics is that majority of the respondents report a false-positive security alert rate of more than 50%. Many analysts spend 5-6 hours a day investigating security alerts, with high false-positive rates.

MSSPs know that the protection provided by even their most powerful and comprehensive security solutions can be quickly undermined by careless or negligent behavior of their clients.

You can never really tell if your business is going to be hacked. Hacking a large enterprise needs specialized skills. Guess, who will the average skilled hackers go after. They are looking for weaknesses and will pounce when found.