Ransomware brings down Meliá Hotel. According to CISA, customary ransomware attack methods in 2021 involved email phishing campaigns, RDP & software vulnerabilities. This story on Meliá Hotel being a victim of ransomware got buried due to concerns of an even bigger cyber situation. Facebook, instagram and WhatsApp, was brought down…

It seems that both biological and digital viral outbreaks are constantly evolving to escape detection and remediation techniques. Ransomware continues to evolve and mutate into variants and strains. When a known ransomware code sequence mutates, we refer to it as a variant and it’s a strain if it takes on…

The last 10 years has seen a massive surge in ransomware attacks and now corporations are targeted with new ransomware alternatives. It doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. The focus is now on industrial and enterprise targets to get their return on efforts through monetary value. In the last…

Phishing is popular for stealing credentials, and malware works well for taking data and obtaining full control of a businesses server through the backdoor. Below are some malware trends that are likely to continue into next year, 2022. Phishing Studies into cybersecurity and the effects from Coronavirus lockdowns showed a massive…

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of ransomware cases for businesses and individuals, for mainly financial gain. Being hit by ransomware can cause massive problems if it reaches the computer, followed by the havoc it can cause when it reaches the network of an organization. Instead of…

There is optimism in the industry for growth as announced in the 2021 Datto Global State of the MSP report. 81% of MSP’s (Managed Service Providers) are seeing unchanged or improved revenues as we come out of the pandemic. As managed service providers continue to become the IT environment of…

From business travellers working away and everyone else at leisure or otherwise who are using their mobile devices and more to connect to the internet — Hotels, how secure is your top amenity, the Wi-Fi? Whether it’s a coffee shop, restaurant or fast food place, everyone has come to rely…

The customer experience relationship should be a focus between MSP and client. It is key to the way customers interact with a service so that they can continue using the service and become returning customers for other solutions as cybersecurity progresses. …

Businesses stand to lose around $15 trillion from attacks every year, which come from insecurities at the internet level in much of the cases. Endpoint security is not enough to stop attacks that manipulate staff at the receiving end of phishing emails and malicious websites. MSP’s can offer a DNS…