Friday Squid Blog: The Market for Squid Oil Is Growing How did I not know before now that there was a market for squid oil? The squid oil market has experienced robust growth in recent years, expanding from $4.56 billion in 2023 to $4.94 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of…
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Getting an MSP ready to be acquired can take a year or more of prepping the team, cleaning up the accounting and understanding the factors that affect its value, according to a panel of experts. Whether looking to expand opportunities as part of a larger organization or looking to retire, the decision to sell an…
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‘These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors,’ CISA says in a post online. A government agency is warning about threat actors exploiting a Java deserialization remote code execution vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added the exploit to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog under the code…
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For the week ending Aug. 16, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies, Nutanix, Broadcom, ScanSource and ClearScale. The Week Ending Aug. 16 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is Hewlett Packard Enterprise for a strategic acquisition that will boost…
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‘We need partners to get these products into those spaces, so we’re all in supporting partners with what they need to win in these situations,’ Tim Madsen, vice president of marketing for Minnesota-based uninterrupted power system maker CyberPower, tells CRN. ‘We’re evolving and adding products and services to these lines with channel partners in mind.…
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Microsoft warned Entra global admins on Thursday to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for their tenants until October 15 to ensure users don’t lose access to admin portals. This is part of Redmond’s recently announced Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and it aims to ensure that Azure accounts are protected against phishing and hijacking attempts by enforcing…
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It’s a situation that would seem nonsensical on the surface, but AMD’s James Knight and Supermicro’s Ken Kajikawa say the unique customer engagements reflect the highly collaborative nature of their partnership and how they differ from competitors. AMD and Supermicro are large tech companies, but senior leaders at both firms said they have the capacity…
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Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database with millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information. The company states that the breached data may include names, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers (SSNs), and postal addresses. Breach linked to late…
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IT admins usually know what to watch out for when end users are creating weak, easy-to-guess passwords. However, a common yet overlooked type of weak password are keyboard walk patterns. A keyboard walk password typically refers to a password created by moving sequentially over the keyboard keys in a pattern that resembles walking. These are…
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Image: MidjourneyCISA warned on Thursday that attackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in SolarWinds’ Web Help Desk solution for customer support. Web Help Desk (WHD) is IT help desk software widely used by large corporations, government agencies, and healthcare and education organizations worldwide to centralize, automate, and streamline help desk management tasks. Tracked…
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