The trend of attacking Managed IT Service Providers is continuing.
An MSP paid hackers about $150,000 to unlock data
Hackers specifically targeting MSP software platforms to launch ransomware attacks
Ryuk ransomware hitting a Cloud Service Provider that works closely with MSPs.
Hackers have been hitting MSPs of all sizes — not just global technology service providers.
of Homeland Security have repeatedly warned MSPs and their technology platform providers about such attacks.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an alert for SamSam ransomware to describe how hackers armed with SamSam targeted multiple industries.
A typical SamSam Ransomware attack
The actors exploit Windows servers to gain access to the network and infect all reachable hosts.
Cyber actors use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to gain persistent access to victims’ networks.
Detecting RDP intrusions can be challenging because the
malware enters through an approved access point.
DoD daleks want to exterminate Oracle's Vulcan mind-meld with White House
The US Department of Defense is pushing back against criticism of its proposed $10bn winner-takes-all cloud mega-deal, dubbed JEDI.
The Pentagon this week emitted a flurry of paperwork and presentations including a slide deck [PDF] on the project and an alleged fact sheet [PDF] addressing condemnation of the IT super-contract.
The response comes as JEDI finds itself in limbo pending a review of the deal by Secretary of Defense Dr Mark Esper at the order of The White House.
In the slide deck, the Pentagon addressed claims JEDI – aka the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program – was deliberately crafted to give AWS a sweetheart deal.
The contract essentially calls for a single vendor to provide the Pentagon worldwide cloud services for a decade.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2017.
The report said one unnamed cloud-based email provider has agreed to assist in keeping track of government spending on cloud-based email migration.
President Donald Trump in April signed an executive order creating a new technology council to overhaul the U.S. government’s information technology systems.
“Federal agencies must consolidate their IT investments and place more trust in services and infrastructure operated by others,” the report found.
Government agencies often pay dramatically different prices for the same IT item, the report said, sometimes three or four times as much.
A 2016 U.S. Government Accountability Office report estimated the U.S. government spends more than $80 billion on IT annually but said spending has fallen by $7.3 billion since 2010.