Month: September 2024
Meta announced that it’s ending its direct peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom following a court’s ruling earlier this year that would oblige the tech firm to pay the telecom €20,000,000 to continue using its network. Instead, Meta will now re-route traffic from its platforms and services (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) through third-party providers instead of directly…
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Incidents disclosed over the past week have included attacks targeting Internet service providers and a municipal water treatment system. Threat actors continue to intensify their targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure providers, as demonstrated by a series of recently disclosed attacks. This week has seen incidents disclosed including attacks targeting internet service providers and a cyberattack…
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Craig Fulton, advisor for brand, M&A and community, took the stage at HaloPSA’s Orbit conference to talk about the future of PSA and how AI and automation will play a big part. Craig Fulton believes AI and automation are key to improving business operations, specifically for professional services automation and remote monitoring and management tools.…
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Sep 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananSecure Coding / Mobile Security Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in Android dropping from 76% to 24% over a period of six years. The tech giant said focusing on Safe…
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‘You have my word that we will not be squeezing partner margin at any point in time. That’s what tends to happen with mostly other vendors. That is never going to happen at Halo,’ says Paul Hamilton, HaloPSA’s founder. The reason why HaloPSA is successful — generating $100 million a year in revenue with a…
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The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick elderly people into believing someone wants to buy their property. This is the story of a couple who recently lost more than $50,000 to an ongoing timeshare scam that spans at…
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CISA warned today of threat actors trying to breach critical infrastructure networks by targeting Internet-exposed industrial devices using “unsophisticated” methods like brute force attacks and default credentials. According to the cybersecurity agency, these ongoing attacks targeting critical infrastructure OT and ICS devices are also impacting water and wastewater systems. OT devices integrate hardware and software…
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AI PCs are garnering a lot of enthusiasm and support across the channel, and solution providers will be key to helping customers navigate a complex landscape. Ever since the first AI PCs started shipping last year, major tech vendors ranging from Intel and AMD to Dell Technologies, HP Inc. and Lenovo have vowed that the…
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The iconic Winamp media player has fulfilled a promise made in May and released its complete source code on GitHub, inviting developers to collaborate on the project. Winamp is a media player launched in 1997 by Nullsoft, which gained massive popularity in the following years, coinciding with the rise of MP3s music files. The player featured a…
Read MoreCISA continues to respond to active exploitation of internet-accessible operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) devices, including those in the Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector. Exposed and vulnerable OT/ICS systems may allow cyber threat actors to use default credentials, conduct brute force attacks, or use other unsophisticated methods to access these devices and…
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