Threat researcher Huntress is warning MSPs of on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server ProxyShell vulnerabilities that could be exploited by cybercriminals as early as this weekend.
Huntress has seen 140-plus webshells on Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. The threat researcher said it has uncovered 1,900 plus unpatched boxes in 48 hours.
A new ransomware operator is taking over Windows domains on networks around the world after exploiting a chain of Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities called ProxyShell.
The LockFile ransomware gang has taken advantage of the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell and Windows PetitPotam vulnerabilities to hijack Windows domains and encrypt devices, security researcher Kevin Beaumont reported Saturday.
Zachary Kinder, professional services director at Net-Tech Consulting, knew he had found a hot new product to block rapidly increasing ransomware threats when he got his first glimpse of ThreatLocker’s application whitelisting solution last year.
The latest SolarWinds hackers’ cybersecurity attack on 140 Microsoft IT resellers and service providers with as many as 14 successfully breached is yet another wake-up call for the beleaguered Microsoft partner community, said partners.
“I wouldn’t want to be an MSP who is just starting to think about cybersecurity now as they might not exist in another year,” said David Stinner, president of US itek, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based MSP that has invested heavily in a multi-layered security stack for its customers over the last several years.
THE JUMP TO WORK-FROM-HOME computing brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has left corporate IT departments overwhelmed with unfamiliar remote management tasks that are second nature to managed service providers. The upshot is one of COVID-19’s few silver linings: The opportunity for MSPs to land rich new contracts with midsize and even larger businesses that had no prior interest in outsourced IT.
“” You definitely can’t be a sloppy MSP,”” adds Stinner.
In reality, however, the 20 isn’t a giant MSP. It’s a collection of smaller, independently owned businesses that seem giant because they share common tools and processes, plus a 24/7 help desk and security operations center.
When you own an information technology company for 19 years, it’s more like you owned several companies. That is the case at US Itek, which David Stinner founded in 1999 and operates from Niagara Falls Boulevard headquarters in the Town of Tonawanda.
Buffalo’s signature coworking space, CoworkBuffalo, has been consigned to the city’s legacy of cool ventures that didn’t last. But that doesn’t mean the concept is dead in Buffalo. A new coworking space in the town of Tonawanda quietly came online late in 2017..
Inception Buffalo is the brainchild of U.S. Itek president David Stinner and his wife, Dawn Stinner, who formed the idea after the information technology company closed its Niagara Falls Boulevard showroom.
The ASCII Group, a membership-based community of independent North American MSPs, VARs and Solution Providers, has announced the addition of 5 new members to its Advisory Committee. The Committee includes a select group of IT professionals from various sectors of technology, who collaborate to provide input on ASCII membership and initiatives.
