MSP News - August 6, 2021

MSPs struggle with all of the cybersecurity documentation, processes, and policies that can overload their lead operators/teams, limit their business growth, and REALLY stress them out. Omnistruct serves as an MSP’s partner for the critical policies, processes, and documentation needed to keep high-value clients, win new ones—and make sure all of that data and revenue is well protected against all outside threats.

Should Congress Ban U.S Companies from Paying Ransomware Hackers?

Should Congress ban U.S. companies from paying hackers who launch ransomware attacks and demand extortion payments in return for decryption keys? By D. Howard Kass I August 2, 2021 Read More

CISA Releases Bug Disclosure Platform for Civilian Agencies

Federal civilian agencies can now use a new vulnerability disclosure policy platform (VDP) that enables security researchers and members of the general public to report bugs they’ve uncovered in agency websites and submit the flaws for analysis. By D. Howard Kass I August 2, 2021 Read More

Microsoft Workaround Mitigates PetitPotam NTLM Relay Attacks

Microsoft has quickly hopped on issuing a set of mitigations to neutralize a newly discovered Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) exploit that enables attackers to hijack Windows domain controllers and effectively take over an entire domain. By D. Howard Kass I August 4, 2021 Read More