Tag: Cybersecurity
Guy Guzner, a cybersecurity vet and CEO of SaaS identity security startup Savvy, tells CRN that adopting better security practices can also make life easier for workers. While few workers have ever enjoyed needing to interact with their cybersecurity team over a minor issue, the feeling is often mutual. The reality is that most security…
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The Microsoft-DOJ effort has aimed to disrupt the group Star Blizzard—tied to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB)—which has been ‘targeting Microsoft customers globally.’ Microsoft disclosed details Thursday about a recent effort to disrupt the activities of a “relentless” Russia-linked threat group, which has targeted Microsoft customers worldwide including in the U.S., the company said. The…
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A cybersecurity researcher tells CRN that his own family was recently targeted with a convincing voice-clone scam. While audio deepfake attacks against businesses have rapidly become commonplace in recent years, one cybersecurity researcher says it’s increasingly clear that voice-clone scams are also targeting private individuals. He knows this first-hand, in fact. The researcher, Kyle Wilhoit…
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“You have to be careful where you position it, because it’s not for everybody,” Compucom VP Mike Monahan said. Although the artificial intelligence PC revolution is still booting up, solution providers are already planning how to work with customers to determine the right time to buy, with early selling points for customers focusing on the…
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CISA urges organizations to address the remote code execution vulnerability affecting Ivanti EPM. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Wednesday urged organizations to prioritize patching for a previously disclosed, critical-severity vulnerability affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager, which has now seen exploitation in attacks. The remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the product, also known…
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Dana Berg plans ‘to further embrace the brand that we have with (parent company) Insight,’ he said. SADA’s incoming CEO promises customers that he will stick to the mission of serving as Google’s most dominant solution provider while navigating SADA through new ownership and a new technological era of artificial intelligence, infrastructure and security. SADA…
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In an interview, F5 CEO François Locoh-Donou tells CRN that ‘securing these APIs, to secure AI, is absolutely key.’ The surging growth of AI-powered applications thanks to the arrival of generative AI is poised to create massive new opportunities for solution and service providers around securing APIs and edge deployments, F5 CEO François Locoh-Donou told…
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As the first name in MSP operating tools comes under new leadership, ConnectWise’s customers say the popular, but long-in-the-tooth PSA tool is showing its age: “Slow costs me money.” ConnectWise top partners say the ITSM juggernaut must focus on its core MSP product, Manage, and deliver on the multi-year technology promise it made to unify…
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‘We need to stay close to the MSP community. We are here to support them. Period … I will not allow us to ever deviate from that as a business,’ ConnectWise CEO Manny Rivelo tells CRN. ConnectWise’s new CEO, Manny Rivelo, is on a mission to deliver more profitability to MSPs and return the company’s…
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The Texas health system has been working to recover its systems after the Sept. 26 attack. A ransomware attack against Texas-based UMC Health System has led to major patient care disruptions, according to reports. The health system—which reports having more than 30 clinics in western Texas and eastern New Mexico—has reportedly been forced to divert…
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