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MSPs on Reddit talk about discovering Fast Boot, targeted ransomware attacks, and layoffs

It’s that time of the week – another MSP subreddit roundup! The group has exceeded 70,000 members,…

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MSPs on Reddit talk about discovering Fast Boot, targeted ransomware attacks, and layoffs

It’s that time of the week – another MSP subreddit roundup! The group has exceeded 70,000 members,…

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Kaspersky report: Nearly half of employees don’t know how to respond to ransomware attacks

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Zoom releases new version with security, privacy enhancements

After stinging complaints about security issues Zoom Video Communications will release over the next seven days a new version of its conferencing platform as part of a 90-day plan promising to boost privacy and security.

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Bad bot operators changing tactics, says vendor report

Automated application layer attacks by bots have long been used by criminals, particularly with the expansion of…

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Minimizing risks, Cognizant hit with ransomware, and more chatter from MSPs on Reddit

It’s another roundup of discussions happening this week on the MSP subreddit.

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Intel’s Sandy Bridge will debut at CES

New architecture brings improved performance, security and integrated graphics

The “boogedy-boo” approach to selling IT security

The security vendors seem determined to scare the pants off businesses to sell them security tools. Is it really necessary?rn

Top security predictions for 2011

It’s time to look ahead to 2011 with some predictions for what the year holds in store for security

What WikiLeaks says about security and document management

WikiLeaks is not the actual problem

Why Mafiaboy doesn’t tweet and you can’t be his Facebook friend

Plus, why those America Online CDs are partly to blame for one of the biggest attacks in hacking history

Mafiaboy warns about the security of cloud computing

The reformed hacker doesn’t carry a debit card or a credit card, and worries we’re putting too much information out there without proper security

Businesses must treat physical and virtual environments the same: Symantec

Symantec’s Disaster Recovery survey finds more education and awareness is needed in the large enterprise market

Stuxnet will impact Canadian business competitiveness

The super worm has targeted countries and is Canada next

McAfee CEO says Intel acquisition not about silicon

Dave DeWalt says Intel buying McAfee presents exciting opportunities around better integrating software and silicon (includes video)

Six steps to building an effective SMB security practice

Follow these steps and you’re on your way to a potentially lucrative and recurring revenue stream

Cloud computing adoption may have peaked in the SMB: report

Research from Angus Reid for HP Canada and Primus Canada shows small businesses aren’t eager to go deeper into the cloud, and still rate security as their key IT concern